Coral-billed Ground-Cuckoo

About the Coral-billed Ground-Cuckoo

The coral-billed ground cuckoo (Carpococcyx renauldi), also known as Renauld's ground cuckoo, is a large, terrestrial species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae, found in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. The coral-billed ground cuckoo was first described by French zoologist Émile Oustalet in 1895 as Carpococcyx renauldi. Oustalet placed the species in the genus Carpococcyx, noting its physical distinction from the other members of the genus (The Bornean ground cuckoo and the Sumatran ground cuckoo). The species was eponymously named renauldi for R.D. Renauld, a missionary who had collected the specimen's observed by Oustalet from Vietnam's Quảng Trị province.

The coral-billed ground cuckoo can grow up to 56-70 centimeters (22-28 inches) in length. One captive specimen was reported to weigh 400 grams (0.88 pounds) when close to being fully grown. Adults are sexually monomorphic. Their head, neck, upper breast, primaries, and tail are a glossy violet-black color, with a bare patch of red and violet-colored skin around the eyes. A white band sits below the neck, with the lower breast, flanks, belly, and undertail coverts being primarily... Wikipedia →