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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: 650558
  Adult
El Queremal
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/11/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 650557
  Adult
El Queremal
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/11/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 650556
  Adult
El Queremal
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
07/11/2025
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 545348
  Adult
Manaos
Amazonas
Brazil
07/16/2023
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 545347
  Adult
Manaos
Amazonas
Brazil
07/16/2023
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 545346
  Adult
Manaos
Amazonas
Brazil
07/16/2023
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 500474
  Adult
Lambari d´oeste
Mato Grosso
Brazil
06/06/2022
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 500436
  Adult
Lambari d´oeste
Mato Grosso
Brazil
06/05/2022
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 500052
  Adult
Porto Jofre
Mato Grosso
Brazil
06/01/2022
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 448408
  Adult
Reserva Papel Misionero
Misiones
Argentina
05/20/2021
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 325583
  Adult
Parque Nacional Calilegua
Jujuy
Argentina
03/23/2019
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 232890
  Adult
Pipa
Rio Grande do Norte
Brazil
11/24/2017
Pablo Eguia



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
235416320/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaLocalidad Hotel Tinamú Birding Nature Reserve1Pablo Eguia
235384817/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaReserva Ecológica Río Blanco--lodge1Pablo Eguia
235379516/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaRn Rio Bravo1Pablo Eguia
235355814/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaRn San Cipriano-escalerete2Pablo Eguia
235341013/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaEcolodge La Minga1Pablo Eguia
235324312/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaLa Florida - Bosque de Las Aves1Pablo Eguia
235310511/07/2025ColombiaValle del CaucaDoña Dora Birding, El Queremal1Pablo Eguia
214325217/07/2024PeruSan MartínMorro de Calzada1Pablo Eguia
214311316/07/2024PeruSan MartínReserva Arena Blanca1Pablo Eguia
214304715/07/2024PeruCajamarcaBosque de Yanahuanca1Pablo Eguia
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Common Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 12/04/2026.