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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: 654800
  Adult
Colonia Carlos Pellegrini
Corrientes
Argentina
09/26/2025
Susana Gomez
Foto
Photography ID: 584013
  Adult
Parque Nacional Calilegua
Jujuy
Argentina
04/19/2024
Susana Gomez
Foto
Photography ID: 550507
  Adult
Cerro Santa Ana
Misiones
Argentina
09/14/2023
Susana Gomez
Foto
Photography ID: 550506
  Adult
Cerro Santa Ana
Misiones
Argentina
09/14/2023
Susana Gomez
Foto
Photography ID: 204868
  Adult
Parque Nacional El Palmar
Entre Ríos
Argentina
05/19/2017
Susana Gomez
Foto
Photography ID: 195690
  Adult
Colonia Carlos Pellegrini
Corrientes
Argentina
03/10/2017
Susana Gomez



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
238617617/11/202508:13ArgentinaMisionesComandante AndresitoSusana Gomez
238599316/11/202509:48ArgentinaMisionesRuta Nacional 101 - Tierra colorada, Parque Nacional Iguazú1Susana Gomez
236832126/09/202515:42ArgentinaCorrientesEcoposada, Colonia Carlos Pellegrini1Susana Gomez
203397419/04/2024ArgentinaJujuyCerca de San Francisco, Parque Nacional CalileguaSusana Gomez
189206714/09/2023ArgentinaMisionesSendero cerro santa ana (el Monte de los Abuelos), Cerro Santa AnaSusana Gomez
141552318/05/2021ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge Surucuá1Susana Gomez
141548317/05/2021ArgentinaMisionesReserva Natural El Puente Verde1Susana Gomez
140805916/05/2021ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáSusana Gomez
141542515/05/2021ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge Surucuá1Susana Gomez
83761806/11/2018ColombiaCaldasManizales Tinamú, ManizalesSusana Gomez
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Common Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 05/04/2026.