Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Pavonine Cuckoo (Dromococcyx pavoninus) - HBW 4, p. 605
French: Géocoucou pavonin
German: Pfauenkuckuck
Spanish: Cuclillo Pavonino
Taxonomy: Dromococcyx pavoninus Pelzeln, 1870, Araguay, Engenho do Gama and Arimani, Brazil.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Venezuela and Guyana through E Ecuador, E Peru and Bolivia to Brazil (S to Mato Grosso, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), Paraguay and N Argentina (Misiones).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched on a branch, singing. Locality Chapada dos Guimaraes, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Paul Clarke 20 August 2008 3 years ago 35 sec 3.3
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This singing bird was totally oblivious to me!
Locality Intervales State Park, São Paulo State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 20 September 2011 33 weeks ago 3.4 -
A territorial bird singing from a low perch in gallery forest.
Locality Chapada dos Guimaraes, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Scott Olmstead 6 September 2008 2 years ago 3 -
A bird perched on a branch just above the ground in the forest under-storey.
Locality Sierra de Perijá, Zulia State, Venezuela (ssp perijanus)
philgunson 20 December 2009 2 years ago 2.7 -
A bird singing from a perch near the ground.
Locality Sierra de Perijá, Zulia State, Venezuela (ssp perijanus)
philgunson 20 December 2009 2 years ago 2.7
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A bird responding to playback in gallery forest. Locality Chapada dos Guimaraes, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Bradley Davis 1 September 2008 2 years ago 4 -
It was singing from the deep of a closed forest. Locality Jundiaí, São Paulo State, Brazil
Bruno Piato 24 September 2011 35 weeks ago 3
