Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo

Carpococcyx renauldi Oustalet, 1896

Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo, Carpococcyx renauldi, is a cuckoo of the Oriental Region, breeding in south-east Asia and recorded from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. It is a terrestrial bird of broad-leaf evergreen forest with dense undergrowth. Adults are sexually monomorphic and show a glossy violet-black head, neck, upper breast, primaries and tail, with a bare red and violet skin patch around the eyes. The bill and legs are red, and the back, rump and secondaries are mainly grey. It was described by Oustalet in 1896.

Order

Cuculiformes

Family

Cuculidae — Cuckoos

Breeding range

Oriental Region: se Asia