Squirrel cuckoo

Squirrel cuckoo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Piaya
Species:
P. cayana
Binomial name
Piaya cayana
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms

Cuculus cayanus Linnaeus, 1766

The squirrel cuckoo (Piaya cayana) is a large and active species of cuckoo found in wooded habitats from northwestern Mexico to northern Argentina and Uruguay, and on Trinidad. Some authorities have split off the western Mexican form as the Mexican squirrel-cuckoo (Piaya mexicana).[2]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Piaya cayana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T61418830A163878817. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T61418830A163878817.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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