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+ | [[Image:Guiracuckoo.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|gaviao-real|gaviao-real}} <br />Ilha de Marajó, [[Brazil]], July 2007]] | ||
;[[: Category:Guira|Guira]] guira | ;[[: Category:Guira|Guira]] guira | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
− | + | *Rufous crest | |
+ | *Orange-yellow bill and eye | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
− | [[Brazil]] to [[ | + | [[South America]]: found in north-eastern [[Brazil]] to [[Bolivia]], [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]] and central [[Argentina]]. |
+ | [[Image:d09_0015.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Photo by {{user|Gary+Clark|Gary Clark}} <br />[[Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve]], Buenos Aires, [[Argentina]], January 2008]] | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
− | This is a monotypic species. | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
+ | Found in a wide variety of habitats from tropical semidecidous forest at an elevation of ca. 2 m (6.6 ft) down through open woodland,marshes, fields savanna, city gardens and parks and coastal woodsland. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
− | + | ==References== | |
+ | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#BF Member observations | ||
+ | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Guira+Cuckoo}} | {{GSearch|Guira+Cuckoo}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Guira]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Guira]] |
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- Guira guira
Identification
- Rufous crest
- Orange-yellow bill and eye
Distribution
South America: found in north-eastern Brazil to Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and central Argentina.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Found in a wide variety of habitats from tropical semidecidous forest at an elevation of ca. 2 m (6.6 ft) down through open woodland,marshes, fields savanna, city gardens and parks and coastal woodsland.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Guira Cuckoo. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Guira_Cuckoo