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(Redirected from Cercococcyx olivinus) Species of bird

Olive long-tailed cuckoo
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Cercococcyx
Species: C. olivinus
Binomial name
Cercococcyx olivinus
Sassi, 1912

The olive long-tailed cuckoo (Cercococcyx olivinus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found throughout the African tropical rainforest.

It lays its nests on the ground, and forages from the canopy of trees.

Olive long-tailed cuckoos do not flock in groups.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Cercococcyx olivinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683909A93006907. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683909A93006907.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Kupsch, Denis. Ecological and socio-economic effects of industrial oil palm plantations in Southwest Cameroon (Thesis). University Goettingen Repository.
  3. ^ Auerbach, Michael; Shmida, Avi (March 1993). "Vegetation Change Along an Altitudinal Gradient on Mt Hermon, Israel--No Evidence for Discrete Communities". The Journal of Ecology. 81 (1): 25. doi:10.2307/2261221. ISSN 0022-0477.
Taxon identifiers
Cercococcyx olivinus


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