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The Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo (Carpococcyx renauldi) is a bird found in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Found in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, small mammals and birds and reptiles and frogs. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

🏡 Where the Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo lives

Found in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs60%
• 🐭 Mammals & birds20%
• 🦎 Reptiles & frogs10%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

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Recorded by Peter Ericsson (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC217532. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo

Where does the Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo live?

The Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo lives in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Found in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

What does the Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 60%), small mammals and birds (about 20%), reptiles and frogs (about 10%), seeds and nuts (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.