Olive long-tailed cuckoo | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cuculiformes |
Family: | Cuculidae |
Genus: | Cercococcyx |
Species: | C. olivinus
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Binomial name | |
Cercococcyx olivinus Sassi, 1912
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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,[2] and forages from the canopy of trees.[3]
Olive long-tailed cuckoos do not flock in groups.[3]