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*''P. c. hellmayri'': [[Brazil]] south of the Amazon (Santarém to Amazon delta) | *''P. c. hellmayri'': [[Brazil]] south of the Amazon (Santarém to Amazon delta) | ||
*''P. c. pallescens'': Eastern [[Brazil]] (Piauí, Pernambuco, northern Bahia and adjacent eastern Goiás) | *''P. c. pallescens'': Eastern [[Brazil]] (Piauí, Pernambuco, northern Bahia and adjacent eastern Goiás) | ||
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*''P. c. macroura'': South-eastern [[Brazil]] to [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]] and north-eastern [[Argentina]] | *''P. c. macroura'': South-eastern [[Brazil]] to [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]] and north-eastern [[Argentina]] | ||
*''P. c. mogenseni'': Southern [[Bolivia]] and adjacent north-western [[Argentina]] | *''P. c. mogenseni'': Southern [[Bolivia]] and adjacent north-western [[Argentina]] | ||
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Revision as of 14:57, 21 August 2014
- Piaya cayana
Identification
43-46cm
- Chestnut upperparts and head (paler on the throat)
- Grey lower breast
- Black belly
- White-tipped chestnut uppertail
- Black and white banded undertail
- Bill and bare eyering are yellow
- Red iris
Immature birds: grey bill and eyering, brown iris, and less white in the tail.
Distribution
Central and South America
Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Trinidad
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
Fourteen subspecies share the rather large range:
- P. c. mexicana: Pacific slope of Mexico (Sinaloa to Isthmus of Tehuántepec)
- P. c. thermophila: Eastern Mexico to eastern Panama, north-western Colombia and offshore islands
- P. c. nigricrissa: Western Colombia and western Ecuador to central Peru
- P. c. mehleri: North-eastern Colombia and coastal northern Venezuela east to Paría Peninsula
- P. c. mesura: Colombia east of the Andes and eastern Ecuador
- P. c. circe: Western Venezuela (region south of Lake Maracaibo)
- P. c. cayana: Orinoco Valley of Venezuela to the Guianas and northern Brazil
- P. c. insulana: Trinidad
- P. c. obscura: Brazil south of the Amazon (Rio Juruá to Rio Tapajós)
- P. c. hellmayri: Brazil south of the Amazon (Santarém to Amazon delta)
- P. c. pallescens: Eastern Brazil (Piauí, Pernambuco, northern Bahia and adjacent eastern Goiás)
- P. c. cabanisi: South-central Brazil (central Mato Grosso and adjacent Goiás)
- P. c. macroura: South-eastern Brazil to Paraguay, Uruguay and north-eastern Argentina
- P. c. mogenseni: Southern Bolivia and adjacent north-western Argentina
Habitat
Open types of forest and woodland, canopy and edges, second growth, hedges and semi-open habitats.
Behaviour
It gets its English name from its squirrel-like way of running along tree branches and leaping from branch to branch without using its wings.
Diet
The diet includes insects, cicadas, wasps and caterpillars, spiders and small lizards.
Breeding
It is not a brood parasite.
It builds a cupshaped nest of leaves. The clutch consists of 2 to 3 white eggs which are incubated by both parents.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Squirrel Cuckoo. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Squirrel_Cuckoo
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