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Rufous-vented or Scaled Ground-Cuckoo

Neomorphus [geoffroyi or squamiger] (= Neomorphus geoffroyi) (Temminck, CJ 1820)

The rufous-vented ground cuckoo is a large terrestrial species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in humid primary forests from southern Nicaragua, through Costa Rica and Panama, into north-western Colombia. Another population occurs in the western and southern Amazon Basin of south-eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia and Brazil, while a final population occurs in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil. Much confusion exists over the exact limits of its distribution in the south-central Amazon, where the very similar scaled ground cuckoo occurs. Consequently, the scaled ground cuckoo has often been considered a subspecies of the rufous-vented ground cuckoo. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Cuculiformes
Family:
  Cuculidae
Genus:
   Neomorphus
Scientific:
  Neomorphus geoffroyi

Original description

Citation:
  (Temminck, CJ 1820)

Reference:
   Nouv. Recueil Pl. Color. Ois. livr.2 pl.7

Protonym:
  Coccyzus geoffroyi

Type locality:
  No locality; Bahia suggested as type locality by Hellmayr, Nov. Zool., 12, 1905, p. 298; since the original description and plate do not agree with Bahia specimens, I designate the vicinity of the city of Para, Brazil, as type locality.

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  6929B74DCDE7F72C

Avibase ID:
  avibase-6929B74D

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/6929B74D

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554798


VULNERABLE

Geographic range:

  • Neomorphus geoffroyi geoffroyi: distribution very poorly known, type locality in east-central Bahia, Brazil
  • Neomorphus geoffroyi amazonicus: poorly known, but generally Amazonian Brazil south of the Amazon River, except for south bank regions occupied by Scaled Ground-Cuckoo; records from northeastern Bolivia presumably also are amazonicus
  • Neomorphus geoffroyi salvini: humid lowlands of Nicaragua to Pacific coast of Colombia
  • Neomorphus geoffroyi aequatorialis: tropical southeastern Colombia to eastern Ecuador and northern Peru
  • Neomorphus geoffroyi australis: southern Peru and northwestern Bolivia
  • Neomorphus geoffroyi dulcis: eastern Brazil (Espírito Santo to Rio de Janeiro)
  • Neomorphus squamiger: central Amazonian Brazil (south side of the Amazon River on both banks of the lower Rio Tapajós, eastward to the east bank of Rio Xingu, and southward to upper Tapajós drainage)
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Rufous-vented or Scaled Ground-Cuckoo
French:
Géocoucou de Geoffroy ou G. écaillé

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Rufous-vented or Scaled Ground-Cuckoo ( Neomorphus [geoffroyi or squamiger])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Rufous-vented or Scaled Ground-Cuckoo ( Neomorphus [geoffroyi or squamiger])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Rufous-vented or Scaled Ground-Cuckoo ( Neomorphus [geoffroyi or squamiger])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Rufous-vented or Scaled Ground-Cuckoo ( Neomorphus [geoffroyi or squamiger])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Rufous-vented or Scaled Ground-Cuckoo ( Neomorphus [geoffroyi or squamiger])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Rufous-vented or Scaled Ground-Cuckoo ( Neomorphus [geoffroyi or squamiger])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Rufous-vented or Scaled Ground-Cuckoo ( Neomorphus [geoffroyi or squamiger])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Rufous-vented or Scaled Ground-Cuckoo ( Neomorphus [geoffroyi or squamiger])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Rufous-vented or Scaled Ground-Cuckoo ( Neomorphus [geoffroyi or squamiger])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Rufous-vented or Scaled Ground-Cuckoo ( Neomorphus [geoffroyi or squamiger])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Rufous-vented or Scaled Ground-Cuckoo ( Neomorphus [geoffroyi or squamiger])
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo ( Neomorphus geoffroyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo ( Neomorphus geoffroyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo ( Neomorphus geoffroyi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo ( Neomorphus geoffroyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo ( Neomorphus geoffroyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo ( Neomorphus geoffroyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo ( Neomorphus geoffroyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo ( Neomorphus geoffroyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo ( Neomorphus geoffroyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo ( Neomorphus geoffroyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo ( Neomorphus geoffroyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo ( Neomorphus geoffroyi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo ( Neomorphus geoffroyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo ( Neomorphus geoffroyi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo ( Neomorphus geoffroyi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo ( Neomorphus geoffroyi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo ( Neomorphus geoffroyi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo ( Neomorphus geoffroyi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo ( Neomorphus geoffroyi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo ( Neomorphus geoffroyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo ( Neomorphus geoffroyi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo ( Neomorphus geoffroyi) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Neomorphus geoffroyi [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Catalan: Cucut formiguer becgroc
Czech: Kukacka rezavobrichá, kukačka rezavobřichá
Danish: Rødbuget Jordgøg
German: Geoffroygrundkuckuck, Geoffroykuckuck, Tajazuirakuckuck
English: Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo, Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo, Rufous-vented or Scaled Ground-Cuckoo
Spanish: Cuco Hormiguero, Cuco hormiguero Ventrirrufo, Cuco-hormiguero Ventrirrufo, Cuco-terrestre Collarejo
Spanish (Colombia): Cuco-terrestre Collarejo
Spanish (Costa Rica): Cuco Hormiguero
Spanish (Nicaragua): Cuco Hormiguero
Spanish (Peru): Cuco-Terrestre de Vientre Rufo
Estonian: punakõht-maakägu
Finnish: Andienmaakäki
French: Géocoucou de Geoffroy, Géocoucou de Geoffroy ou G. écaillé
Italian: Cuculo di terra ventrerosso, Cuculo terragnolo culorossiccio
Japanese (romaji): chabaraamerikajikakkou
Japanese: チャバラアメリカジカッコウ
Scientific: Coccyzus geoffroyi, Neomorphus [geoffroyi or squamiger], Neomorphus geoffroyi, Neomorphus geoffroyi geoffroyi
Lithuanian: Rudauodegė dirvinė gegutė
Dutch: Roodbuikgrondkoekoek
Norwegian: Rustbukjordgjøk
Polish: kukawka obrozna, kukawka obrożna
Portuguese: acanati-de-bico-verde, aracuã, aracuã-da-mata, jacu-de-estalo, jacu-estalo, jacu-estalo-de-bico-verde, jacu-molambo, jacu-porco, jacu-queixada, mãe-de-porco, taiaçuguira, taiaçuira, tajaçu-ira, tajaçu-uirã
Portuguese (Brazil): acanati-de-bico-verde, aracuã, aracuã-da-mata, jacu-de-estalo, jacu-estalo, jacu-estalo-de-bico-verde, jacu-molambo, jacu-porco, jacu-queixada, mãe-de-porco, taiaçuguira, taiaçuira, tajaçu-ira, tajaçu-uirã
Russian: Рыжегузая земляная кукушка
Slovak: kukula tajazuira
Swedish: Rostbukad markgök
Ukrainian: Таязура рудогуза
Chinese: 棕腹鸡鹃
Chinese (Traditional): 棕臀雞鵑

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