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Lesser Ground-cuckoo

Lesser ground cuckoo
Morococcyx erythropygus.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Subfamily: Neomorphinae
Genus: Morococcyx
P.L. Sclater, 1862
Species: M. erythropygus
Binomial name
Morococcyx erythropygus
(Lesson, 1842)

The lesser ground cuckoo (Morococcyx erythropygus) is a species of cuckoo in the monotypic genus Morococcyx in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.


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