Family: Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Authority: Oustalet, 1896

Red List Category

Criteria: A2cd+4cd

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Justification of Red List category
This spectacular, ground-dwelling bird is endemic to the forests of Indochina, where industrial-level snaring for bushmeat compounded with rapid rates of forest loss have caused very rapid declines in its population over the past three generations (18 years). It is therefore listed as Endangered.

Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 816,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Indomalayan
IUCN System - Terrestrial