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;[[: Category:Coccyzus|Coccyzus]] longirostris | ;[[: Category:Coccyzus|Coccyzus]] longirostris | ||
[[Image:Hispaniolan_Lizard_Cuckoo.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by WillieWagtail <br/>Photo taken: Las Galeras, [[Dominican Republic]] ]] | [[Image:Hispaniolan_Lizard_Cuckoo.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by WillieWagtail <br/>Photo taken: Las Galeras, [[Dominican Republic]] ]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | Large cuckoo of about 45 cm. Notice the pale breast (compare [[Bay-breasted Cuckoo]]). Overall brownish upperparts, pale breast, variable throat, darker belly, long graduated tail with white spots on tips (visible on underside of folded tail), long bill, red facial skin around eye. | |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Endemic to [[Hispaniola]] and surrounding smaller islands. | Endemic to [[Hispaniola]] and surrounding smaller islands. | ||
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Two subspecies are recognized, ''longirostris'' and ''petersi''. Some authorities refer to Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo as ''[[: Category:Saurothera|Saurothera]] longirostris''. | Two subspecies are recognized, ''longirostris'' and ''petersi''. Some authorities refer to Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo as ''[[: Category:Saurothera|Saurothera]] longirostris''. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Forests, plantations and other woodlands | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | Eats small vertebrates and large invertebrates. Usually seen moving around slowly. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}# Raffaele et al. 1998. Birds of the West Indies. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0713649054 | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Coccyzus+longirostris}} | {{GSearch|Coccyzus+longirostris}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Saurothera]] [[Category:Coccyzus]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Saurothera]] [[Category:Coccyzus]] | ||
Revision as of 18:01, 8 May 2011
- Coccyzus longirostris
Identification
Large cuckoo of about 45 cm. Notice the pale breast (compare Bay-breasted Cuckoo). Overall brownish upperparts, pale breast, variable throat, darker belly, long graduated tail with white spots on tips (visible on underside of folded tail), long bill, red facial skin around eye.
Distribution
Endemic to Hispaniola and surrounding smaller islands.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies are recognized, longirostris and petersi. Some authorities refer to Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo as Saurothera longirostris.
Habitat
Forests, plantations and other woodlands
Behaviour
Eats small vertebrates and large invertebrates. Usually seen moving around slowly.
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Raffaele et al. 1998. Birds of the West Indies. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0713649054
