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Little Cuckoo

Coccycua minuta

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Cuculidae

The little cuckoo (Coccycua minuta) is a species of bird in the cuckoo family (Cuculidae) from South America and Panama. It was formerly placed in the genus Piaya, but was moved to the reinstated genus Coccycua following the discovery that its closest living relatives are a couple species traditionally placed in Coccyzus or Micrococcyx, rather than the other members of Piaya. Description This species is about 27 centimetres (11 in) long and weighs 40 grams (1.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 1,315