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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: 348637
  Adult
Samaipata
Departamento de Santa Cruz
Bolivia
07/26/2019
Luis Cesar Tejo
Foto
Photography ID: 250504
  Adult
Campo Ramón
Misiones
Argentina
02/09/2018
Luis Cesar Tejo
Foto
Photography ID: 131579
  Adult
Campo Ramón
Misiones
Argentina
02/10/2015
Luis Cesar Tejo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
238135418/10/2025ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge Surucuá2Luis Cesar Tejo
237768914/10/2025ArgentinaMisionesRuta Provincial 21Luis Cesar Tejo
237740612/10/2025ArgentinaMisionesLa Misión Lodge, Puerto Paraíso1Luis Cesar Tejo
221258712/12/2024ArgentinaJujuyParque Nacional Calilegua2Luis Cesar Tejo
217925312/10/2024ParaguayCanindeyúReserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú4Luis Cesar Tejo
170317308/11/2022ParaguayItapúaReserva San Rafael, Alto Vera1Luis Cesar Tejo
96683126/07/2019BoliviaDepartamento de Santa CruzRefugio Los Volcanes, Samaipata1Luis Cesar Tejo
95259619/07/2019BoliviaDepartamento de Santa CruzJardin botanico, Santa cruz1Luis Cesar Tejo
70604009/02/2018ArgentinaMisionesChacra Mariposa, Campo RamónLuis Cesar Tejo
69782107/02/2018ArgentinaMisionesChacra Mariposa, Campo Ramón2Luis Cesar Tejo
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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.