World Species : Morococcyx erythropygus (Lesser Ground-Cuckoo; Lesser Ground Cuckoo)

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Morococcyx erythropygus (Lesser Ground-Cuckoo; Lesser Ground Cuckoo)

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Synonyms: Coccyzus erythropyga (homotypic); Dromococcyx erythropygus

Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

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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Infraspecies

Morococcyx erythropygus erythropygus
Morococcyx erythropygus mexicanus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0)

Unique (100)

Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0)

Unique & Vulnerable (100)

ED Score: 37.0479

EDGE Score: 3.63885

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Attributes

Adult Weight ^[1]	65 grams
Female Weight ^[4]	72 grams
Male Weight ^[4]	62 grams
Weight Dimorphism ^[4]	16.1 %

Breeding Habitat ^[2]	Tropical dry forests
Wintering Geography ^[2]	Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat ^[2]	Tropical dry forests

Diet ^[3]	Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates ^[3]	100 %
Forages - Understory ^[3]	50 %
Forages - Ground ^[3]	50 %

Clutch Size ^[5]	2

Ecoregions

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Name	Countries	Ecozone	Biome
Bajío dry forests	Mexico	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Balsas dry forests	Mexico	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Central American dry forests	Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Central American pine-oak forests	Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests
Chiapas Depression dry forests	Mexico	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Costa Rican seasonal moist forests	Costa Rica	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Jalisco dry forests	Mexico	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Sinaloan dry forests	Mexico	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Southern Pacific dry forests	Mexico	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name	IUCN Category	Area acres	Location	Species	Website	Climate	Land Use
Montecristo National Park	IV	9237	El Salvador
Palo Verde National Park	II	46190	Costa Rica

Important Bird Areas

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Biodiversity Hotspots

Name	Location	Endemic	Species	Website
Mesoamerica	Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama	No

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
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♦ ²Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database

Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund

Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0