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;[[: Category:Piaya|Piaya]] cayana | ;[[: Category:Piaya|Piaya]] cayana | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
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*Chestnut upperparts and head (paler on the throat) | *Chestnut upperparts and head (paler on the throat) | ||
*Grey lower breast | *Grey lower breast | ||
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'''Immature''' birds: grey bill and eyering, brown iris, and less white in the tail. | '''Immature''' birds: grey bill and eyering, brown iris, and less white in the tail. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Image:Squirrel Cuckoo2.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Jim+Crosswell|Jim Crosswell}}<br />Finca Oro, [[Costa Rica]], January 2009]] | ||
[[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]<br /> | [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]<br /> | ||
'''Central America''': [[Mexico]], [[Guatemala]], [[Belize]], [[El Salvador]], [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Trinidad]]<br /> | '''Central America''': [[Mexico]], [[Guatemala]], [[Belize]], [[El Salvador]], [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Trinidad]]<br /> | ||
'''South America''': [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], [[French Guiana]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]], [[Argentina]] | '''South America''': [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], [[French Guiana]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]], [[Argentina]] | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> | + | ====Subspecies==== |
| − | + | [[Image:Squirrel CuckooFlight.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Marcelo+Padua|Marcelo Padua}}<br />[[Transpantaneira Road|Transpantaneira]], [[Brazil]]]] | |
| + | Fourteen subspecies share the rather large range<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | ||
*''P. c. mexicana'': Pacific slope of [[Mexico]] (Sinaloa to Isthmus of Tehuántepec) | *''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. thermophila'': Eastern [[Mexico]] to eastern [[Panama]], north-western [[Colombia]] and offshore islands | ||
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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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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
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Open types of forest and woodland, canopy and edges, second growth, hedges and semi-open habitats. | Open types of forest and woodland, canopy and edges, second growth, hedges and semi-open habitats. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | [[Image:squirrel_cuckoo_SJ.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''P. c. nigricrissa''<br />Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />San Martin, [[Peru]], January 2017]] | ||
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. | 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==== | ====Diet==== | ||
The diet includes insects, cicadas, wasps and caterpillars, spiders and small lizards. | The diet includes insects, cicadas, wasps and caterpillars, spiders and small lizards. | ||
====Breeding==== | ====Breeding==== | ||
| − | + | They are not brood parasites. | |
| − | + | They build a cup-shaped nest of leaves. The clutch consists of 2 to 3 white eggs which are incubated by both parents. | |
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#Avibase | |
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#Wikipedia | #Wikipedia | ||
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
Revision as of 23:45, 1 June 2017
- Piaya cayana
Identification
43-46cm (17-18 in)
- 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
Fourteen subspecies share the rather large range[1]:
- 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
They are not brood parasites.
They build a cup-shaped 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. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. 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 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Squirrel_Cuckoo
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