Squirrel Cuckoo
Piaya cayana
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 10,075
- Most observed in
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The common 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. The species was formerly considered to be conspecific with the Mexican squirrel cuckoo (Piaya mexicana).
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Common squirrel cuckoo”.