Cuckoos (Cuculidae)

Pearly-breasted Cuckoo (Coccyzus euleri) - HBW 4, p. 596

French: Coulicou d'Euler German: Perlbrustkuckuck Spanish: Cuclillo Ventriblanco

Taxonomy: Coccyzus Euleri Cabanis, 1873, Cantagallo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Forms a superspecies with C. americanus. Formerly known as Coccyzus julieni but this name officially suppressed. Monotypic.

Distribution: NE Colombia and the Guianas through Amazonia to E Brazil (Mato Grosso, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo) S to N Argentina (Misiones). Distribution patterns and movements unclear, but may only be winter visitor to E Colombia, Venezuela (R Orinoco) and the Guianas.