[2] However, at times the population in the western part of its range was treated as a separate species and also as a subspecies of the rufous-winged.

Their throat is ashy to dark gray with black borders on the lower feathers that give a scaly appearance.

[5] The rufous-winged ground cuckoo is found primarily in the eastern Venezuelan states of Bolívar and Amazonas, western Guyana, and far northwestern Brazil.

It mostly walks or runs on the forest floor and makes leaps to catch prey.

It often follows army ant swarms and peccaries to catch prey fleeing from them, and monkey troops to feed on fallen fruits.

"[5] They also make a dry clacking sound by clapping their bill that may mimic peccaries.

[1] However, it "is described as a species of high sensitivity with a reliance on primary tropical forest" so deforestation or fragmentation could negatively impact it.