Little Cuckoo (Coccycua minuta)

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

Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1817)

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

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (63)...)

Little Cuckoo (Coccycua minuta) [XC257032]
by John V. Moore from San Mart\u00edn: Aguas Verdes, ca. 33 km NE of Florida, Peru (call, calls)

Little Cuckoo (Coccycua minuta) [XC738974]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Taquaral de Goi\u00e1s, Taquaral de Goi\u00e1s, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (call)

Subspecies
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

panamensis (Vieillot, 1817) - Eastern Panama and northern Colombia west of Gulf of Urabá.
gracilis Heine, 1863 - Colombia west of Andes, and western Ecuador.
minuta (Vieillot, 1817) - Colombia east of Andes, Venezuela and Guianas south to Amazonian Peru, south-central Brazil (Goiás, Mato Grosso) and Bolivia; Trinidad.
chaparensis Cherrie, 1916 - Northern Bolivia.
barinensis Aveledo & Perez, 1994 - Extreme eastern Colombia and adjacent western Venezuela.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Little Cuckoo (Coccycua minuta) - 10 files

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