Ash-colored Cuckoo
A species of Spot-tailed Cuckoos and Lizard-cuckoos Scientific name : Coccycua cinerea Genus : Spot-tailed Cuckoos and Lizard-cuckoos
Ash-colored Cuckoo, A species of Spot-tailed Cuckoos and Lizard-cuckoos
Botanical name: Coccycua cinerea
Genus: Spot-tailed Cuckoos and Lizard-cuckoos
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Description
The ash-colored cuckoo (Coccycua cinerea) is an American bird species of the cuckoo family (Cuculidae). It was formerly placed in the genus Coccyzus or Micrococcyx. Following the discovery that it belongs to a distinct lineage around the little cuckoo, the genus Coccycua has been reinstated for these. Its range extends from northern and central Argentina to Uruguay and São Paulo (state) ; its wintering range extend northwards towards Amazonas. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
Size
25 cm
Nest Placement
Cavity
Dite type
Omnivorous