Guira cuckoo

Guira cuckoo
At the Pantanal, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Guira
Lesson, 1830
Species:
G. guira
Binomial name
Guira guira
(Gmelin, JF, 1788)

The guira cuckoo, known in Spanish as the pirincho (Guira guira) is a species of gregarious bird found widely in open and semi-open habitats of northeastern, eastern and southern Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, and northeastern Argentina. It is the only species placed in the genus Guira.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Guira guira". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22684441A93030022. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22684441A93030022.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.