Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Little Cuckoo (Piaya minuta) - HBW 4, p. 601
French: Petit Piaye
German: Rötelkuckuck
Spanish: Cuco-ardilla Menor
Taxonomy: Coccyzus minutus Vieillot, 1817, Cayenne.
Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- panamensis Todd, 1912 - E Panama and N Colombia W of Gulf of Urabá.
- gracilis (Heine, 1863) - Colombia W of Andes, and W Ecuador.
- minuta (Vieillot, 1817) - Colombia E of Andes, Venezuela and Guianas S to Amazonian Peru, SC Brazil (Goiás, Mato Grosso) and Bolivia; Trinidad.
- chaparensis Cherrie, 1916 - N Bolivia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two views of a perched bird, both times it flies away. Locality Pepperpot, Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp minuta)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 21 February 2011 1 year ago 13 sec 4.3 -
an individual perched in the open but beneath a shade of a horizontal branch at edge of a swamp Locality Finca La Vuelta Larga, Sucre State, Venezuela
DAVID ASCANIO 15 April 2008 2 years ago 44 sec 4 -
An individual standing on a branch, front view Locality Finca La Vuelta Larga, Sucre State, Venezuela (ssp minuta)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 May 2007 5 years ago 18 sec 4 -
A close-up of a perched bird, before flying away. Locality Weg naar Zee, Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp minuta)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 5 June 2011 1 year ago 9 sec 3.8 -
bird perching over a swamp area Locality Finca La Vuelta Larga, Sucre State, Venezuela
Thore Noernberg 7 August 2012 40 weeks ago 24 sec 3 -
A ventral view of a bird in a fallen tree. Locality Weg naar Zee, Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp minuta)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 13 February 2011 1 year ago 47 sec 3
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Individual adult undetermined.
Locality Macapá, Amapá State, Brazil
Bruno Salaroli 26 July 2012 33 weeks ago 4.1 -
Adult bird.
Locality Gran Couva, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
nigel lallsingh 19 February 2012 32 weeks ago 4 -
A bird perched on a twig
Locality Mindo, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 24 September 2012 22 weeks ago 3.8 -
Bird captured in mist nets during ecological research to understand the effect of different types of land use on the avifauna Am
Locality Almeirim, Pará State, Brazil
Christian Andretti 1 February 2006 6 weeks ago 3.5 -
On a branch
Locality San José del Guaviare, Guaviare Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 18 March 2012 1 year ago 3.3 -
Bird peeking from the foliage
Locality Monagas State, Venezuela (ssp minuta)
Mikko Pyhälä 8 February 2008 4 years ago 3.3
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One call. Locality Tocantins State, Brazil
(ssp minuta)
Ciro Albano 6 July 2008 4 years ago 3
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