Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Cuban Lizard-cuckoo (Saurothera merlini) - HBW 4, p. 597
French: Tacco de Cuba
German: Eidechsenkuckuck
Spanish: Cuco-lagartero Cubano
Other common names: Great Lizard Cuckoo
Taxonomy: Saurothera merlini d'Orbigny, 1839, Cuba.
Population of Andros has sometimes been separated as race andrina. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- bahamensis Bryant, 1864 - Bahama Is of Andros, New Providence and Eleuthera.
- santamariae Garrido, 1971 - islands off NC Cuba.
- merlini d'Orbigny, 1839 - Cuba.
- decolor Bangs & Zappey, 1905 - I of Pines.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult moving between branches, looking around after each move Locality El Yarey, Jiguaní, Granma Province, Cuba (ssp merlini)
Joe Angseesing 26 March 2007 4 years ago 42 sec 4.6 -
A bird sunning and preening in a tree Locality La Güira, Cuba (ssp merlini)
Josep del Hoyo 10 August 2004 7 years ago 22 sec 4.2 -
Bird foraging on ground in open Locality Ciénaga de Zapata, Cuba
Desmond Allen 10 March 2013 7 weeks ago 1 min 6 sec 4 -
A bird sunning, scratching its head and preening in a tree Locality La Güira, Cuba (ssp merlini)
Josep del Hoyo 10 August 2004 7 years ago 17 sec 3.9 -
A bird perched and preening its wing Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (ssp merlini)
Josep del Hoyo 29 July 2004 8 years ago 32 sec 3.9 -
A bird preening in a dead tree Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (ssp merlini)
Josep del Hoyo 29 July 2004 8 years ago 34 sec 3.7
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A beaufiful specimen looking for its next meal atop a dead tree.
Locality Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Guantánamo Bay, Guantánamo Province, Cuba
Carlos Rodriguez 3 November 2011 24 weeks ago 4 -
Bird sitting on a branch
Locality El Yarey, Jiguaní, Granma Province, Cuba (ssp merlini)
Joe Angseesing 26 March 2007 4 years ago 3 -
A poor view
Locality Cuba
Guy Poisson 27 January 2007 2 years ago 2.1
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A bird calling from some trees Locality El Yarey, Jiguaní, Granma Province, Cuba
(ssp merlini)
Joe Angseesing 28 March 2007 3 years ago 3.5
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