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Little Cuckoo (Coccycua minuta)

Little Cuckoo (Piaya minuta)
Little Cuckoo (Piaya minuta)

About Little Cuckoo (Coccycua minuta)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Cuckoos
  • Family: Cuckoos

The little cuckoo is a species of bird in the cuckoo family (Cuculidae) from South America and Panama. It was formerly placed in the genus Piaya, but was moved to the reinstated genus Coccycua following the discovery that its closest living relatives are a couple species traditionally placed in Coccyzus or Micrococcyx, rather than the other members of Piaya.

Source: Wikipedia

Visits

  • 2009-03-09

    Cana Station, Panama
  • 2011-07-15

    Pantanal, Brazil
    Image from 2011-07-15
  • 2023-07-30

    Oilbird Cave, Ecuador