Biology:Ash-colored cuckoo

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Short description: Species of bird

Ash-colored cuckoo
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Coccycua
Species:
C. cinerea
Binomial name
Coccycua cinerea
(Vieillot, 1817)
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Synonyms

Coccyzus cinereus Vieillot, 1817
Micrococcyx cinereus (Vieillot, 1817)

The ash-colored cuckoo (Coccycua cinerea) is an American bird species of the cuckoo family (Cuculidae).

It was formerly placed in the genus Coccyzus or Micrococcyx. Following the discovery that it belongs to a distinct lineage around the little cuckoo, the genus Coccycua has been reinstated for these.

Its range extends from northern and central Argentina to Uruguay and São Paulo (state) ; its wintering range extend northwards towards Amazonas. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1267974 entry