Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira) - HBW 4, p. 603
French: Guira cantara
German: Guirakuckuck
Spanish: Pirincho
Other common names: White Ani
Taxonomy: Cuculus Guira J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Brazil.
Monotypic.
Distribution: E & S Brazil, W to Bolivia and Paraguay, and S to Uruguay and N & E Argentina.
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A bird preening on a branch and calling, seen from below Locality Emas National Park, Goiás State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 January 2005 4 years ago 41 sec 4.8 -
Three birds on a dead branch, preening and allopreening Locality Aquidauana, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 January 2005 4 years ago 43 sec 4.6 -
A bird sunning and preening Locality Curicaca Wildlife Refuge, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Yaiza Aragón 19 March 2008 3 years ago 43 sec 4.5 -
A bird preening after the rain Locality Pousada Aguapé, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 January 2005 4 years ago 36 sec 4.5 -
Two birds walking on the grass, one of them with a frog in the bill, and running away Locality Pousada Aguapé, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 January 2005 4 years ago 46 sec 4.3 -
Four birds under the rain, a fifth one arriving, then two of them flying away Locality Pousada Aguapé, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 January 2005 4 years ago 36 sec 4.3
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Individual holding a grasshopper in its beak.
Locality Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Santiago Meligeni Lozano 18 March 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
A bird perched on a branch.
Locality Esteros del Iberá, Corrientes Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Carmelo López 30 October 2011 5 weeks ago 4.3 -
Two birds perched in a tree.
Locality Caiman Lodge, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 2 July 2006 3 years ago 4.3 -
Hot candidates for the title "Most bizzare avian chick"
Locality El Destino Reserve, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Tomas Grim 24 December 2008 25 weeks ago 4.1 -
This bird was scavenging on the ground.
Locality Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Dannie Polley 19 March 2011 47 weeks ago 4 -
Back view of five birds perched together.
Locality Caiman Lodge, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 4 May 2006 3 years ago 3.9
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Calls. Locality Riacho de Santana, Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 26 March 2008 2 years ago 4
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