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Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana) | |||
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Subspecies | Show subspecies Hide subspecies | ||
mexicana | mexicana (West Mexico) | Pacific slope of Mexico (Sinaloa to Isthmus of Tehuantepec) | |
thermophila | thermophila (Middle America) | E Mexico to e Panama, nw Colombia and offshore islands | |
nigricrissa | nigricrissa (nigricrissa) | Western Colombia (west slope of Western Andes, the Cauca Valley, and the east slope of the northern Central Andes), western Ecuador, and extreme northwestern Peru (Tumbes and Piura) | |
mehleri | cayana (Amazonian) | NE Colombia and coastal n Venezuela east to Paría Peninsula | |
mesura | cayana (Amazonian) | Colombia east of the Andes and e Ecuador | |
circe | cayana (Amazonian) | W Venezuela (region south of Lake Maracaibo) | |
cayana | cayana (Amazonian) | Orinoco Valley of Venezuela to the Guianas and n Brazil | |
insulana | cayana (Amazonian) | Trinidad | |
obscura | cayana (Amazonian) | Brazil south of the Amazon (Rio Juruá to Rio Tapajós) | |
hellmayri | cayana (Amazonian) | Brazil south of the Amazon (Santarém to Amazon delta) | |
pallescens | cayana (Amazonian) | E Brazil (Piauí, Pernambuco, n Bahia and adjacent e Goiás) | |
cabanisi | cayana (Amazonian) | S-central Brazil (central Mato Grosso and adjacent Goiás) | |
macroura | cayana (Amazonian) | SE Brazil to Paraguay, Uruguay and ne Argentina | |
mogenseni | cayana (Amazonian) | S Bolivia and adjacent nw Argentina | |
Endemic status | Not endemic | ||
Birds (media) | Yes | ||
Sound Guide | A sharp woodpecker-like call sounding like Ladder-backed or the european Great Spotted Woodpecker, but the quality of the sound is more nasal. | ||
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