Ash-colored cuckoo
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Coccycua cinerea

The ash-colored cuckoo (Coccycua cinerea ) is an American bird species of the cuckoo family (Cuculidae).

It was formerly placed in the genus Coccyzus or Micrococcyx. Following the discovery that it belongs to a distinct lineage around the little cuckoo, the genus Coccycua has been reinstated for these.

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Its range extends from northern and central Argentina to Uruguay and São Paulo (state) ; its wintering range extend northwards towards Amazonas. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

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Distribution

Geography

Ash-colored cuckoo habitat map
Ash-colored cuckoo habitat map
Ash-colored cuckoo
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Habits and Lifestyle

Lifestyle
Seasonal behavior
Bird's call

Diet and Nutrition

References

1. Ash-colored cuckoo Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash-colored_cuckoo
2. Ash-colored cuckoo on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22684318/130095337
3. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/681544

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