Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Cuckoos :: Little Cuckoo

Little Cuckoo Piaya minuta

Described by: Vieillot (1817)
Alternate common name(s): Minute Cuckoo
Old scientific name(s): Coccycua minuta

Photographs

Caseara, Tocantins, Brazil - Jan, 2002 © Arthur Grosset  near Cumaceba Lodge, near Iquitos, Peru - Jan, 2005 © R S Scanlon  Caņo Colorado, Monagas State, Venezuela - Jan 2, 2009 © Phil Gunson 
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Range

Ex. s. Central America and n. South America;
(1) E. Panama (Darien).
(2) W. Colombia and w. Ecuador.
(3) N. and w. Amazonia in Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, Guiana, e. Ecuador, e. Peru and Amazonian n. and c. Brazil.
(4) N. Bolivia.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Birds of Suriname

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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