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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: 426835
  Adult
Cerro Largo
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
01/28/2020
Analía García
Foto
Photography ID: 405237
  Adult
Fraile Muerto
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
04/07/2019
Guillermo Menéndez
Foto
Photography ID: 196784
  Adult
Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
03/28/2017
Julián Tocce
Foto
Photography ID: 194970
  Adult
La Gloria
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
03/04/2017
Gonzalo Campaña
Foto
Photography ID: 191004
  Adult
Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
02/17/2017
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 95363
  Adult
Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
04/10/2015
Pedro Rinaldi
Foto
Photography ID: 74046
  Adult
Sierra de los Ríos
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
12/27/2014
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 49357
  Adult
Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
04/25/2014
Gonzalo Campaña



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
233859519/04/2025UruguayCerro LargoPaso Centurión., Paso CenturiónAdrian Antunez
133887528/01/2020UruguayCerro LargoPaso Centurión, Cerro LargoAnalía García
127524607/04/2019UruguayCerro LargoArea de camping, Fraile MuertoGuillermo Menéndez
71789922/03/2018UruguayCerro LargoFrente a la delegación de Coendú, Paso Centurión1Julián Tocce
70200615/02/2018UruguayCerro LargoPaso Centurión2Adrian Antunez
56008528/03/2017UruguayCerro LargoDelegación de Coendú, Paso CenturiónJulián Tocce
55452204/03/2017UruguayCerro LargoLa GloriaGonzalo Campaña
54422917/02/2017UruguayCerro LargoPaso Centurión3Adrian Antunez
27349710/04/2015UruguayCerro LargoPaso CenturiónPedro Rinaldi
21465427/12/2014UruguayCerro LargoSierra de los RíosAdrian Antunez
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Common Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 22/03/2026.