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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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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 555184
  Adult
Mindo
Pichincha
Ecuador
10/28/2023
Julián Tocce
Foto
Photography ID: 392775
  Adult
Mindo
Pichincha
Ecuador
10/30/2017
Manuel Godoy
Foto
Photography ID: 151284
  Adult
Mindo
Pichincha
Ecuador
04/02/2016
Luciano Acquaviva



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
190864228/10/2023EcuadorPichinchaCiudad, MindoJulián Tocce
123324730/10/2017EcuadorPichinchaMindoManuel Godoy
64230406/10/2017EcuadorNapoCamino vehicular , Sendero Pina y Coopmans, Wildsumaco LodgeEugenia Boggiano
64222305/10/2017EcuadorNapoCamino vehicular y Face trail, Wildsumaco LodgeEugenia Boggiano
64206504/10/2017EcuadorNapoSendero Coopmans y camino vehicular, Wildsumaco LodgeEugenia Boggiano
43919407/04/2016EcuadorPichinchaMindo, Mindo3José Aparicio
43831602/04/2016EcuadorPichinchaMindoLuciano Acquaviva
40453002/02/2016EcuadorOrellanaParque Nacional YasuníUlises Balza
39536207/01/2016EcuadorPichinchaNanegalitoRosana Ursino
29782421/06/2015EcuadorCarchiBosque Protector Golondrinas, GualchánWilliam Arteaga Chávez
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Common Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 18/03/2026.