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Dromococcyx phasianellus
SUBFAMILY
Neomorphinae
TAXONOMY
Macropus phasianellus Spix, 1824, Tonantins, northwest Brazil. Monotypic.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
French: Gиocoucou faisan; German: Fasanenkuckuck; Spanish: Cuclillo Faisбn.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
5.1 in (13 cm), 0.63 oz (18 g). Dark brown above, short rufous crest, long tail with white tips, white below.
DISTRIBUTION
Central and South America.
HABITAT
Tropical evergreen forest.
BEHAVIOR
Secretive and solitary.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Insects, lizards.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Brood parasitic; hosts include flycatchers. Host offspring disappear after cuckoo hatches.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.

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