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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: 647017
  Adult
Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
04/19/2025
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 191004
  Adult
Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
02/17/2017
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 120792
  Adult
Quebrada de los Cuervos
Treinta y Tres
Uruguay
10/17/2015
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 114486
  Adult
Bio Reserva Karadya
Misiones
Argentina
09/08/2015
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 74046
  Adult
Sierra de los Ríos
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
12/27/2014
Adrian Antunez



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
233859519/04/2025UruguayCerro LargoPaso Centurión., Paso CenturiónAdrian Antunez
91653815/04/2019BrazilRio Grande do SulFloresta Nacional de São Francisco de Paula2Adrian Antunez
83940602/11/2018ArgentinaCorrientesRuta 37 entre Rn14 y Rp412Adrian Antunez
83917501/11/2018ArgentinaCorrientesColonia Carlos Pellegrini1Adrian Antunez
70200615/02/2018UruguayCerro LargoPaso Centurión2Adrian Antunez
55154701/03/2017ArgentinaMisionesCataratas del Iguazú, Parque Nacional Iguazú2Adrian Antunez
55140828/02/2017ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial Teyú Cuaré2Adrian Antunez
55074325/02/2017ArgentinaCorrientesEsteros del Iberá1Adrian Antunez
54422917/02/2017UruguayCerro LargoPaso Centurión3Adrian Antunez
45992822/07/2016PeruCuzcoRío alto Madre de dios - Amazonia lodge1Adrian Antunez
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Common Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/04/2026.