Squirrel Cuckoo
14 June 2010 20:06 Filed in: Cuculidae Cuckoos Brazil Rio de Janeiro Itatiaia Panama Panama City Metropolitan Park Chiriqui Lago Volcan
Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Metropolitan Park, Panama, 8 May 2010
Bird name: Squirrel Cuckoo
Latin: Piaya cayana
Other: Alma-de-gato (Br)
Family: Cuculidae • Cuckoos
Range: Mexico to Brazil
The Squirrel Cuckoo in Panama, Piaya cayana thermophila, (above), has a pinkish-brown head and neck, grey chest and belly. Otherwise it is mostly rufous, with conspicuous white ends to very long tail feathers, which are dark underneath. It has red irises, and eye rings and bill are dirty yellow. Seen in central Panama and Chiriqui.
The Brazilian Squirrel Cuckoo, from Rio, (bottom 2 photos), has a red eye ring and yellower chin.
Photo below: Itatiaia, Brazil, November 2009
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