Coral-billed Ground-Cuckoo (Carpococcyx renauldi)
Order: CUCULIFORMES
Family: CUCULIDAE Cuckoos
Scientific name: Carpococcyx renauldi
English name: Coral-billed Ground-Cuckoo
Characteristic: Size 70 cm. A large ground-living bird with greyish back and wings and violet-glossed black head, neck, breast and tail; bill, legs and feet bright red; underpart whitish. A distinctive violet eye patch is usually noticed, at close range.
Distribution: Endemic to Thailand and Indo-China, where it thrives on the plain to low hills of 900 m. in elevation.
Habitat: Among thick undergrowth in the dry evergreen forest.
Habit: Foraging on the forest floor for fallen fruits, seeds, insects and small animals. Hiding quietly among thick tussocks of tall grasses. Breeds between February-June.
Status: Being an endangered bird species of Thailand and Sakaerat area. Can still be found in low densities in some protected areas in Nakhon Ratchasima, Chachoengsao, Phetchabun, Phitsanulok, Nan and Chanthaburi.
