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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

Synonyms: Cuculus cayanus.

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Foto
Photography ID: 664132
  Adult
Valle Grande
Jujuy
Argentina
10/07/2025
Fernando Alberto Segura
Foto
Photography ID: 278001
  Adult
Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
07/18/2018
Fernando Alberto Segura
Foto
Photography ID: 100902
  Adult
Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
07/21/2011
Fernando Alberto Segura



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
240327007/10/2025ArgentinaJujuyValle GrandeFernando Alberto Segura
202640417/10/2023ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial de la Araucaria, San Pedro, Parque Provincial Araucaria1Fernando Alberto Segura
202637916/10/2023ArgentinaMisionesCamping del cuñapirú, Cainguás1Fernando Alberto Segura
155949928/02/2022ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial Cruce Caballero1Fernando Alberto Segura
155953527/02/2022ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial Cruce Caballero1Fernando Alberto Segura
155965624/02/2022ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial Araucaria1Fernando Alberto Segura
150072813/10/2021ArgentinaJujuySan Francisco, San Francisco1Fernando Alberto Segura
144380120/07/2021ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial Moconá1Fernando Alberto Segura
78639919/07/2018ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional ChacoFernando Alberto Segura
78482918/07/2018ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional ChacoFernando Alberto Segura
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Common Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 19/04/2026.