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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: 196005
  Adult
Campo Ramón
Misiones
Argentina
03/19/2017
Daniela Espinosa
Foto
Photography ID: 90787
  Adult
Campo Ramón
Misiones
Argentina
03/22/2015
Daniela Espinosa
Foto
Photography ID: 2330
  Adult
Esteros del Iberá
Corrientes
Argentina
06/05/2010
Daniela Espinosa



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
244979018/10/2025ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge Surucuá2Daniela Espinosa
237710814/10/2025ArgentinaMisionesRuta Provincial 21Daniela Espinosa
237682512/10/2025ArgentinaMisionesLa Misión Lodge, Puerto Paraíso1Daniela Espinosa
221227112/12/2024ArgentinaJujuyParque Nacional Calilegua2Daniela Espinosa
217783412/10/2024ParaguayCanindeyúReserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú4Daniela Espinosa
166951408/11/2022ParaguayItapúaReserva San Rafael, Alto Vera1Daniela Espinosa
111289615/10/2019ArgentinaMisionesCamino sin nombrar (-27,458500, -55,815812)1Daniela Espinosa
111271114/10/2019ArgentinaMisionesBio Reserva Karadya2Daniela Espinosa
111257513/10/2019ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial Araucaria1Daniela Espinosa
111257413/10/2019ArgentinaMisionesCamino sin nombrar (-26,524013, -53,985922), Parque Provincial Cruce Caballero1Daniela Espinosa
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Common Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 25/03/2026.