Species profile
Scaled Ground-Cuckoo
Neomorphus squamiger
Quick answer
Brazil south of the Amazon (lower Rio Tapajós region)
- Scientific name
- Neomorphus squamiger
- Family
- Cuculidae
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Genus
- Neomorphus
Recording Scaled Ground-Cuckoo in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Cuculidae
- African Cuckoo (Cuculus gularis)
- African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus)
- Andaman Coucal (Centropus andamanensis)
- Asian Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus)
- Banded Bay Cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii)
- Banded Ground-cuckoo (Neomorphus radiolosus)
- Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx montanus)
- Bay Coucal (Centropus celebensis)