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Neomorphus
Rufous-vented ground cuckoo (Neomorphus geoffroyi)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Cuculiformes
Family:	Cuculidae
Genus:	Neomorphus Gloger, 1827
Type species
Coccyzus geoffroyi Temminck, 1820
Species
4-5, see text

Neomorphus is a genus of terrestrial cuckoos in the family Cuculidae. Despite their relatively large size, they are highly inconspicuous and rarely seen. They are restricted to the humid primary forests in the Neotropics, and despite their similar looks, not closely related to the Asian ground cuckoos of the genus Carpococcyx.

Species

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Neomorphus geoffroyi	Rufous-vented ground cuckoo	southern Nicaragua, through Costa Rica and Panama, into north-western Colombia
	Neomorphus squamiger	Scaled ground cuckoo	Rio Tapajós in Brazil
	Neomorphus pucheranii	Red-billed ground cuckoo	western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, and northeastern Peru.
	Neomorphus radiolosus	Banded ground cuckoo	the Chocó of western Colombia and Ecuador.
	Neomorphus rufipennis	Rufous-winged ground cuckoo	northern Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela, and Colombia

References

• Haffer, J. 1977. A Systematic Review of the Neotropical Ground Cuckoos (Aves, Neomorphus). The Bonn Zoological Bulletin 28 (1,2):48-76.
• Payne, R. B. 1997. Neomorphus. pp. 606–607 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., and Sargatal, J. eds. 1997. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Sandgrouse to Cuckoos. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 84-87334-22-9

1. "Cuculidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.

v t e Genera of cuckoos, bustards, turacos and their extinct allies
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Clade: Passerea Clade: Otidimorphae
Otidimorphae Musophagiformes †Foro? Musophagidae †Veflintornis Corythaeolinae Corythaeola Criniferinae Crinifer Musophaginae Gallirex Menelikornis Tauraco Otidiformes Otididae Afrotis Ardeotis Chlamydotis Eupodotis †Gryzaja Houbaropsis †Ioriotis Lissotis Lophotis †Miootis Neotis Otis †Pleotis Sypheotides Tetrax Cuculiformes See below ↓
Cuculiformes incertae sedis †Eutreptodactylus Cuculidae †Chamnbicuculus †Dynamopterus †Eocuculus †Neococcyx †Procuculus †Thomasococcyx Centropodinae Centropus Couinae Carpococcyx Coua Crotophaginae Crotophaga Guira Cuculinae Rhinortha Phaenicophaeini Ceuthmochares Clamator Coccycua Coccyzus Dasylophus Phaenicophaeus Piaya Rhamphococcyx Taccocua Zanclostomus Cuculini Cacomantis Cercococcyx Chrysococcyx Cuculus Eudynamys Hierococcyx Microdynamis †Nannococcyx Pachycoccyx Scythrops Surniculus Urodynamis Neomorphinae †Cursoricoccyx Dromococcyx Geococcyx Morococcyx Neomorphus Tapera

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