Coral-billed ground cuckoo

Not to be confused with Red-billed ground cuckoo.

Coral-billed ground cuckoo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Carpococcyx
Species:
C. renauldi
Binomial name
Carpococcyx renauldi
Oustalet, 1896

The coral-billed ground cuckoo (Carpococcyx renauldi), also known as Renauld's ground cuckoo, is a large terrestrial species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. Its feathers have a glossy violet-black color. This bird can grow up to 65–70 centimeters in size.[2] It is found in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forest. These birds feed on small invertebrates or insects. Animals like Shrews, Squirrels, Snakes, and Macaques are great threats to these birds and their nests.[3] Its English name refers to its coral-red bill, which separates it from the two other members of the genus Carpococcyx.

This species of cuckoo is known in Thailand as nok korokoso (Thai: นกโกโรโกโส, pronounced [nók koː˧.roː˧.koː˧.soː˩˩˦]), which literally means "shabby bird". It is said that it got this name because when Boonsong Lekagul was compiling a list of various types of birds found in Thailand. Specimen of this bird was kicking around the floor in a ragged state. Hence came the name.[4]

  1. ^ "Coral-Billed Ground Cuckoo". IUCN Red List. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  2. ^ Erritzoe, Johannes., & Allen, R. (2012). Cuckoos of the World (pp. 210-211). Christopher Helm
  3. ^ Pobprasert, K., & Pierce, A. J. (2010). Observations and Predation of a Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo (Carpococcyx renauldi) Nest in Northeastern Thailand. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 122(1), 173–177.
  4. ^ วรวรรณ, ปริญญากร (April 2024). "ชีวิต". หลังเลนส์ในดงลึก. มติชนสุดสัปดาห์ (in Thai). Vol. 2280. p. 88.