Wildlifeof Thailand
Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo
Cuculidae
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Carpococcyx renauldi
Basic stats
Diet
Insects and small vertebrates
Habitat
Lowland evergreen forest
Range
Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam
Size
65–70cm
The coral-billed ground cuckoo is a large terrestrial cuckoo with a bright coral-red bill and legs, blue facial skin, grey head and long purplish tail. It inhabits lowland evergreen forest in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Usually walking rather than flying, it searches the forest floor for large insects and small vertebrates and may follow mammals to capture prey disturbed in leaf litter (Wikipedia, general species account). It is Nationally Endangered (Thailand Red Data 2025).
Quick answers
- What does the Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo eat?
- Insects and small vertebrates
- What habitat does the Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo live in?
- Lowland evergreen forest
- Where is the Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo found?
- Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam
- How big is the Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo?
- 65–70cm