Olive long-tailed cuckoo

The olive long-tailed cuckoo (Cercococcyx olivinus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found throughout the African tropical rainforest.

Olive long-tailed cuckoo
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Cuculiformes
Family:	Cuculidae
Genus:	Cercococcyx
Species:	C. olivinus
Binomial name
Cercococcyx olivinus Sassi, 1912

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]