About Kagu

Overview

The Kagu are a family of birds (Latin: Rhynochetidae) within the order Sunbitterns and Kagus. Worldwide the family includes about 1 genera and 1 species. Its members are primarily distributed across Australasia. Notable genera include Rhynochetos. Eurypygiformes unite two distinctive, largely terrestrial birds of the Neotropics and New Caledonia: the sunbittern (Eurypygidae) of forest streams and the kagu (Rhynochetidae) of New Caledonian fores…

Classification

Family: Rhynochetidae (Kagu); Order: Sunbitterns and Kagus; about 1 genera and 1 species.

Distribution

Primarily across Australasia.