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Rufous-winged Ground-Cuckoo

Neomorphus rufipennis

Cuckoos (Cuculidae) · Cuculiformes (Cuculiformes)

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Often mixed up with

In quizzes, players most often confuse Rufous-winged Ground-Cuckoo with these birds—either this species was picked by mistake, or the other way around.

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Red-billed Ground-Cuckoo Neomorphus pucheranii 1

Family

Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae ( kew-KEW-lih-dee) family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes ( kew-KEW-lih-for-meez). The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals, and anis. The coucals and anis are sometimes separated as distinct families, the Centropodidae and Crotophagidae, respectively.

Order

Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae ( kew-KEW-lih-dee) family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes ( kew-KEW-lih-for-meez). The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals, and anis. The coucals and anis are sometimes separated as distinct families, the Centropodidae and Crotophagidae, respectively.

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