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 43 weeks ago 13 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 29 weeks ago 9 sec 3.8 -
An individual standing on a branch, front view Locality Finca La Vuelta Larga, Sucre State, Venezuela (ssp minuta)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 May 2007 4 years ago 18 sec 3.5 -
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 1 year ago 44 sec 3.3 -
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 45 weeks ago 47 sec 3 -
A dorsal 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 45 weeks ago 28 sec 3
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On a branch
Locality San José del Guaviare, Guaviare Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 18 March 2012 8 weeks ago 3.3 -
Bird peeking from the foliage
Locality Monagas State, Venezuela (ssp minuta)
Mikko Pyhälä 8 February 2008 3 years ago 3.3 -
Close-up head, side-view
Locality Finca La Vuelta Larga, Sucre State, Venezuela (ssp minuta)
Mikko Pyhälä 1 April 2010 2 years ago 2.5 -
Frontal view of perched bird
Locality Finca La Vuelta Larga, Sucre State, Venezuela (ssp minuta)
Mikko Pyhälä 31 March 2010 2 years ago 2.4 -
Side view of a perched bird, partly hidden by foliage.
Locality Caño Colorado, Maturín, Monagas State, Venezuela (ssp minuta)
philgunson 2 January 2009 3 years ago 2.2 -
adult perched in the undergrowth
Locality Granville, Cedros, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp minuta)
Sanjiv Parasram 1 August 2009 2 years ago 2
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One call. Locality Tocantins State, Brazil
(ssp minuta)
Ciro Albano 6 July 2008 3 years ago 3
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