Species factsheet

Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana)

Order: Piaya cayana
Family: Cuckoos (Cuculidae)

Danish name: Egerngøg

Voices can be found here (External link)

Subspecies and Distribution

mexicana

w Mexico

thermophila

e Mexico to Panama and nw Colombia

nigricrissa

w Colombia to c Peru and n Bolivia

mehleri

ne Colombia, n Venezuela

mesura

e Colombia, e Ecuador

circe

w Venezuela

cayana

e and s Venezuela to the Guianas and n Brazil

insulana

Trinidad

obscura

Rio Juruá to Rio Tapajós (c Brazil s of the Amazon)

hellmayri

Rio Tapajós to the Amazon delta (ne Brazil s of the Amazon)

pallescens

e Brazil

cabanisi

sc Brazil

macroura

se Brazil to Paraguay, ne Argentina and Uruguay

mogenseni

s Bolivia, nw Argentina

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