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Common Squirrel-Cuckoo
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Cuckoos, anis & hoatzin

Common Squirrel-Cuckoo

Piaya cayana (Linnaeus, 1766)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishCommon Squirrel-Cuckoo
DutchEekhoornkoekoek
SpanishCuclillo Canelo Común
Chinese灰腹棕鹃
Scientific namePiaya cayana (Linnaeus, 1766)

About this species

The common squirrel cuckoo (Piaya cayana) is a large and active species of cuckoo found in wooded habitats from northwestern Mexico to northern Argentina and Uruguay, and on Trinidad. The species was formerly considered to be conspecific with the Mexican squirrel cuckoo (Piaya mexicana).

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCuculiformes
FamilyCuculidae
GenusPiaya

In Suriname

1,567Records in Suriname
30iNaturalist observations
1857First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Brokopondo523
  • Sipaliwini521
  • Para257
  • Commewijne176
  • Nickerie17
  • Paramaribo11
  • Wanica6
  • Marowijne3
  • Saramacca1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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