Carpococcyx | |
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Coral-billed ground cuckoo (Carpococcyx renauldi) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cuculiformes |
Family: | Cuculidae |
Genus: | Carpococcyx G.R. Gray, 1840 |
Type species | |
Calobates radiceus[1] Temminck, 1832
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Carpococcyx is a genus of large terrestrial cuckoos in the family Cuculidae. They are restricted to humid forested regions in Southeast Asia. Despite their similarities, they are not closely related to the South American ground cuckoos of the genus Neomorphus.