Pheasant Cuckoo
14 June 2010 20:06 Filed in: Cuculidae Cuckoos Panama Soberania National Park Pipeline Road Brood Parasites
Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Pipeline Road, Panama, 24 April 2010
Bird name: Pheasant Cuckoo
Latin: Dromococcyx phasianellus
Other: Saci-faisão (Br)
Family: Cuculidae • Cuckoos
Range: Mexico to Argentina
Little more than record shots of this hard-to-see bird, the Pheasant Cuckoo, which was calling in very dark forest undergrowth, near the Pipeline Road, in central Panama.
Like the Striped Cuckoo, the Pheasant Cuckoo has a white line above the eye, but more of a pronounced rufous crest, and a voluminous fanned tail - tail feathers are white-tipped.
24 April
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