Ash-coloured Cuckoo (Coccycua cinerea)

Other Scientific Names
Coccyzus cinereus [BirdLife International (2004)], Coccyzus cinereus [SACC (2006)], Coccyzus cinereus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Coccyzus cinereus [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Other Names (World)
Ash-colored Cuckoo, Ash-coloured Cuckoo

Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
24 cm

First Described (Guide)
Vieillot, 1817

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest. From sea-level - 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay (B).

Northern and eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina; also locally in central and southern Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goiás, Bahia).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

Ash-colored Cuckoo (Coccycua cinerea) [XC50825]
by Luiz C. Silva from Otamendi, Campana, Buenos Aires, Argentina (song)

Ash-colored Cuckoo (Coccycua cinerea) [XC29035]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Reserva Biol\u00f3gica do Mato Grande - Arroio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Dwarf Cuckoo (Coccycua pumila).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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