Great Lizard Cuckoo

Coccyzus merlini - Tacco de Cuba

Tacco de Cuba
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Cuculiformes

  • Family
    :

    Cuculidés

  • Genus
    :

    Coccyzus

  • Species
    :

    merlini

Descriptor

d'Orbigny, 1839

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 54 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Tacco de Cuba
Tacco de Cuba
juvenile

Great Lizard Cuckoo (Coccyzus Merlini) is a species of bird in the Cuculidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

  • Coccyzus merlini merlini (Cuba)
  • Coccyzus merlini bahamensis (Bahamas)
  • Coccyzus merlini santamariae (islands off nc Cuba)
  • Coccyzus merlini decolor (Isle of Pines)

Foreign names

  • Tacco de Cuba,
  • Cuco lagartero cubano,
  • papa-lagarta-cubano,
  • Eidechsenkuckuck,
  • gyíkászkakukk,
  • Cubaanse Hagediskoekoek,
  • Cuculo lacertiero maggiore,
  • kubaödlegök,
  • Kubaøglegjøk,
  • kukavka svetlozobá,
  • kukačka Merlinova,
  • Cubaøglegøg,
  • isoliskokäki,
  • cucut sargantaner de Cuba,
  • jaszczurkojad duży,
  • Большая ящеричная кукушка,
  • オオトゲカッコウ,
  • 大蜥鹃,
  • 大蜥鵑,

Voice song and cries

Tacco de Cuba

Habitat

Tacco de Cuba

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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