Pearly-breasted cuckoo
The pearly-breasted cuckoo (Coccyzus euleri) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil,[2] Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Peru[3] and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest. It does not occur above an elevation of 2000 meters.[4]
Pearly-breasted cuckoo | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cuculiformes |
Family: | Cuculidae |
Genus: | Coccyzus |
Species: | C. euleri |
Binomial name | |
Coccyzus euleri Cabanis, 1873 | |
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It can easily be confused with the yellow-billed cuckoo.[5]
The status and even the general distribution of this scarce cuckoo remain very poorly understood.[6]
This cuckoo is hunted.[7]
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Coccyzus euleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Bencke, Glayson A. (December 2010). "New and significant bird records from Rio Grande do Sul, with comments on biogeography and conservation of the southern Brazilian avifauna". Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 100 (4): 391–402. doi:10.1590/S0073-47212010000400014.
- Plenge, Manuel A. (1980). List of the birds of Peru.
- "Coccyzus euleri". Neotropical Birds. Cornell University. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- Hammond, Jessica E. (2011). It was built… did they come? Habitat characteristics of Yellow-billed Cuckoo in restored riparian forests along the Sacramento River, California (PDF) (Thesis). California State University, Chico, CA, US. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- Strewe, Ralf; Navarro, Cristobal (17 March 2003). "New and noteworthy records of birds from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta region, north-eastern Colombia" (PDF). Bull. BOC. 124 (1): 8. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- Fernandes-Ferreira, Hugo (2012). "Hunting, use and conservation of birds in Northeast Brazil". Biodivers Conserv. 21: 221–244. doi:10.1007/s10531-011-0179-9.
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