Squirrel Cuckoo

Piaya cayana - Piaye écureuil

Systematics

Order
:
Cuculiformes
Family
:
Cuculidés
Genus
:
Piaya
Species
:
cayana

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1766

Biometrics

Size
: 46 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 98 à 110 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana) is a species of bird in the Cuculidae family.

Subspecific information 14 subspecies

Piaya cayana cayana (e and s Venezuela to the Guianas and n Brazil)
Piaya cayana mexicana (w Mexico)
Piaya cayana thermophila (e Mexico to Panama and nw Colombia)
Piaya cayana nigricrissa (w Colombia to c Peru and n Bolivia)
Piaya cayana mehleri (ne Colombia, n Venezuela)
Piaya cayana mesura (e Colombia, e Ecuador, ne Peru)
Piaya cayana circe (w Venezuela)
Piaya cayana insulana (Trinidad)
Piaya cayana obscura (Rio Juruá to Rio Tapajós. c Brazil s of the Amazon. , e Peru, n Bolivia)
Piaya cayana hellmayri (Rio Tapajós to the Amazon delta. ne Brazil s of the Amazon.)
Piaya cayana pallescens (e Brazil)
Piaya cayana cabanisi (sc Brazil)
Piaya cayana macroura (se Brazil to Paraguay, ne Argentina and Uruguay)
Piaya cayana mogenseni (s Bolivia, nw Argentina)

Foreign names

Piaye écureuil,
Cuco ardilla común,
alma-de-gato,
Eichhornkuckuck,
mókuskakukk,
Eekhoornkoekoek,
Cuculo scoiattolo,
ekorrgök,
Ekorngjøk,
kukavka krovinová,
kukačka veverčí,
Egerngøg,
oravakäki,
cucut esquirol comú,
rudzianka wielka,
Пиайа,
リスカッコウ,
灰腹棕鹃,
灰腹棕鵑,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Pastureland, Plantations, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest