Squirrel Cuckoo bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsChestnut-billed Cuckoo, Chestnut Cuckoo
Old latin name for birdCuculus cayanus
OrderCuckoos and relatives / Cuculiformes
FamilyCuckoos / Cuculidae
GenusPiaya
Breeding regionMiddle America, South America
Breeding subregionwidespread

Squirrel Cuckoo bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Manuel Grosselet
    Mexico
  • 2.
    Call, © Albert Lastukhin
    Costa Rica
  • 3.
    Call, © Alfonso Auerbach
    Honduras
  • 4.
    Call, © Ross Gallardy
    Peru
  • 5.
    Call, © Douglas Meyer
    Brazil
  • 6.
    Flight call, © Jerome Fischer
    Brazil
  • 7.
    Call, © Orlando Jarquín G.
    Nicaragua
  • 8.
    Song, © Douglas Meyer
    Brazil
  • 9.
    Call, © Jorge Daniel Ruiz Contreras
    Mexico
  • 10.
    Bill snapping, © Fernando Igor de Godoy
    Brazil
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Squirrel Cuckoo

Squirrel Cuckoo subspecies (14)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Piaya cayana cabanisisc Brazil-No
Piaya cayana cayanae, s Venezuela to the Guianas and n Brazil-No
Piaya cayana circew Venezuela-No
Piaya cayana hellmayriRio Tapajós to the Amazon delta (ne Brazil s of the Amazon)-No
Piaya cayana insulanaTrinidad-No
Piaya cayana macrourase Brazil to Paraguay, ne Argentina and Uruguay-No
Piaya cayana mehlerine Colombia and n Venezuela-No
Piaya cayana mesurae Colombia, e Ecuador and ne Peru-No
Piaya cayana mexicanaw Mexico-No
Piaya cayana mogensenis Bolivia and nw Argentina-No
Piaya cayana nigricrissaw Colombia to nw Peru-No
Piaya cayana obscuraRio Juruá to Rio Tapajós (c Brazil s of the Amazon), e Peru and n Bolivia-No
Piaya cayana pallescense Brazil-No
Piaya cayana thermophilae Mexico to Panama and nw Colombia-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
Catalancucut esquirol comú
Chinese灰腹棕鹃
Chinese (Traditional)灰腹棕鵑
Croatiansivotrba kukavica
Czechkukačka veverčí, Kukacka guyanská
DanishEgerngøg
DutchEekhoornkoekoek
Estonianoravkägu (hallkõht-oravkägu)
Finnishoravakäki
FrenchPiaye écureuil
GermanCayennekuckuck, Eichhornkuckuck, Cayenne-Fuchskuckuck
GuaraniTingasu, Ätiati
Hungarianmókuskakukk
IcelandicTófugaukur
ItalianCuculo scoiattolo, Cuculo scoiattolo della Cayenna
Japaneseハイムネリスカッコウ, リスカッコウ
Lithuanianilgauodegė piaja
Norwegianekorngjøk, Ekorngjøk
Norwegian NynorskEkorngauk
Polishrudzianka wielka
Portugueserabilonga, uirá-pagé, oraca, meia-pataca, alma-de-caboclo, pato-pataca, tincoã, rabo-de-escrivão, pataca, ticoã, chincoã, tinguaçu, maria-caraíba, crocoió, rabo-de-palha, atingaú, alma-de-gato, cuco-miador-comum
Russianбеличья длиннохвостая кукушка, Длиннохвостая пиайа, Пиайя, Беличья пиайя, Пиайа
SerbianVeveričja kukavica
Slovakkukavka krovinová, Kukavka krovinná
SpanishCuco-ardilla Común, Cuco ardilla común, Pirincho de Monte, Tingazú, Pajáro león, Alma de Gato Canela, Cuclillo Canelo, Cuco Ardilla, Urraca Canela, Cuclillo Canela
Swedishekorrgök
TurkishSincap Guguğu
Ukrainianпіая велика