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Common Squirrel Cuckoo

Piaya cayana
(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
Tingazú
Alma-de-gato
Family: Cuculidae
Order: Cuculiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation Status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern
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Synonyms: Cuculus cayanus.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 273751
  Adult
Carretera al Manu
Cuzco
Peru
05/23/2018
Victor Hugo Michelini
Foto
Photography ID: 272990
  Adult
Carretera al Manu
Cuzco
Peru
06/04/2018
Carlos Schmidt
Foto
Photography ID: 268854
  Adult
Carretera al Manu
Cuzco
Peru
05/23/2018
Adriana Bellotti



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
240256224/09/2025PeruCuzcoCarretera a Manú--manu Endemic Station2Silvina Collado
240176724/09/2025PeruCuzcoCarretera a Manú--manu Endemic Station2Julian Uriel Collado
240238721/09/2025PeruCuzcoValle Calquiña1Silvina Collado
240158121/09/2025PeruCuzcoValle Calquiña1Julian Uriel Collado
215943825/09/2024PeruCuzcoSendero al Museo1Lucio La Grotteria
215778225/09/2024PeruCuzcoSendero al Museo1Jorge La Grotteria
158008417/04/2022PeruCuzcoCock of the Rock Lodge, Manu RoadMarcos Augusto Lartigau
157482214/04/2022PeruCuzcoSendero Aguas Calientes/hidroeléctrica, Santuario Histórico de Machu Picchu2Gabriel Carbajales
94230519/06/2019PeruCuzcoCamino a Marampata, Area de Conservacion Regional ChoquequiraoJorge Omar Lanza
104957109/11/2018PeruCuzcoEstación Biológica Villa Carmen1Julian Quillen Vidoz
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EcoRegistros. 2026. Common Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 09/03/2026.










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