loud kchak! call", apparently to move other birds away from desired prey. Status The IUCN has assessed the rufous-vented ground cuckoo as Vulnerable. Its population is estimated at between 63,000 and 127,000 mature individuals and is believed to be decreasing. It has wide but disjunct range. The principal threat is habitat fragmentation, because the species requires large undisturbed forest. It "is often one of the first species to disappear when formerly suitable habitat is fragmented." References External links rufous-vented ground cuckoo Birds of Costa Rica Birds of Nicaragua Birds of Panama Birds of Colombia Birds of the Amazon Basin Birds of the Atlantic Forest Birds of the Bolivian Amazon Birds of the Peruvian Amazon Birds of the Ecuadorian Amazon rufous-vented ground cuckoo Taxonomy articles created by Polbot