• DOI:10.1676/06-176.1
Corpus ID: 56090764

Home Range and Habitat Preferences of the Banded Ground-cuckoo (Neomorphus radiolosus)

@inproceedings{Karubian2008HomeRA,
  title={Home Range and Habitat Preferences of the Banded Ground-cuckoo (Neomorphus radiolosus)},
  author={J. Karubian and Luis Roman Carrasco},
  year={2008}
}

• J. Karubian, Luis Roman Carrasco
• Published 2008
• Geography

Abstract The Banded Ground-cuckoo (Neomorphus radiolosus) is a rare, endangered, and poorly known species endemic to the Chocó Biogeographic Zone. We summarize 7 months of data from radio tracking an adult in northwestern Ecuador. Home range estimates were 42.2 ha (minimum convex polygon) and 49.9 ha (95% kernel analysis); the core area was 3.4 ha (50% kernel analysis). The bird favored undisturbed habitat and avoided secondary forest. It was primarily insectivorous and rarely associated with… Expand

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