Sumatran Ground Cuckoo Adult
Sumatran Ground Cuckoo is a bird endemic to
Sumatra, including the 18 rarest birds in Indonesia. Sumatran Ground Cuckoo species listed as Critically Sumatra namely the conservation status of the highest threatened.
Anticipated population is not reached 300 tails. Sumatran Ground Cuckoo was once considered extinct since terdiskripsikan in 1916 was never found again, in November 1997 a new Sumatran Ground Cuckoo successfully photographed for the first time by Andjar Rafiastanto. Photo subsequently took place in 2006, camera trap surveys for tigers close to Kerinci Seblat National Park taking pictures Sumatran Ground Cuckoo.
Sumatran Ground Cuckoo inhabitants of
Sumatra are ground birds with large body size reaching 60 cm. Green legs and beak. Crown black, while the coat, the top, the neck side, cover the wings and center wing cover faded green. The lower part of the body is brown with a broad greenish brown bars. Wings and tail glossy greenish black. Below the lower throat and chest pale green, the underside of the remaining bungalan cinnamon, reddish sides. The skin around the eyes are green, lilac and blue.
Sumatran Ground Cuckoo Baby
Birds living in Sumatra Tokhtor ground and eat small vertebrates and large invertebrates. Endemic birds of Sumatra are very rare and endangered animals including shy.