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Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana)
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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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