Great Lizard-Cuckoo (Coccyzus merlini)

Other Scientific Names
Saurothera merlini [BirdLife International (2004)], Saurothera merlini [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Saurothera merlini [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Other Names (World)
Cuban Lizard-cuckoo, Great Lizard-Cuckoo, Great Lizard Cuckoo

Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
54 cm

First Described (Guide)
(d'Orbigny, 1839)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Bahamas, Cuba, Turks and Caicos Islands.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

Great Lizard Cuckoo (Coccyzus merlini) [XC277350]
by Jesse Fagan from North Eleuthera, Bahamas (call)

Great Lizard Cuckoo (Coccyzus merlini) [XC775662]
by id from Andros, Bahamas, Bahamas (song)

Subspecies
Population of Andros has sometimes been separated as subspecies andrina.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

bahamensis (Bryant, H, 1864) - Bahama Is of Andros, New Providence and Eleuthera. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Bahama Lizard-cuckoo (Coccyzus bahamensis).
santamariae (Garrido, 1971) - Islands off north-central Cuba.
merlini (d'Orbigny, 1839) - Cuba.
decolor (Bangs & Zappey, 1905) - I of Pines.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Great Lizard-Cuckoo (Coccyzus merlini) - 10 files

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