Cuckoos (Cuculidae)

Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor) - HBW 4, p. 596

French: Coulicou manioc German: Mangrovekuckuck Spanish: Cuclillo de Manglar
Other common names: Maynard's Cuckoo

Taxonomy: Cuculus minor J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Cayenne.
Forms a superspecies with C. ferrugineus, with which has been considered conspecific. Up to 13 races have been described, but these were all based on small samples; larger series now available show no constant differences in colour or size among island populations in West Indies, or between island and continental populations. Monotypic.

Distribution: Caribbean parts of Florida through Bahamas to Greater and Lesser Antilles, and S Mexico (Sinaloa and Tamaulipas to Yucatán and Oaxaca) through Central America to Colombia, then E to estuary of Amazon; Trinidad.