Summary ²

The squirrel cuckoo (Piaya cayana) is a large and active species of cuckoo found in wooded habitats from northwestern Mexico to northern Argentina and Uruguay, and on Trinidad. Some authorities have split off the western Mexican form as the Mexican squirrel-cuckoo (Piaya mexicana).

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1. (c) barloventomagico, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/12694900@N08/3461107407
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piaya_cayana

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