Lesser Ground Cuckoo
Morococcyx erythropygus (Lesson, RP, 1842)
Cuculidae — Cuckoos
Lesser Ground Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus is a cuckoo of Middle America, breeding from western Mexico to north-west Costa Rica. It is the only species in its genus and is also recorded from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. The bird lives in semiarid and arid country, using woodland edges, thorn forest, secondary forest and savanna; in south-western Mexico it is found almost entirely in thorn forest. It is a year-round resident. Adults have a slightly curved bill, and the face shows a yellow eye-ring with blue skin behind it and fine black markings.
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae — Cuckoos
- Breeding range
- Middle America: w Mexico to nw Costa Rica
