Birds of Guyana

    CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae (Cuckoos)  
Genus: Dromococcyx (1 species, 2 worldwide)


Pavonine Cuckoo
Pavonine Cuckoo (Dromococcyx pavoninus)
Várzea Grande, MT, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.

Pavonine Cuckoo
Pavonine Cuckoo (Dromococcyx pavoninus)
Intervales, São Paulo, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Matt Grube   © All Rights Reserved.

Large like the Pheasant Cuckoo. Normally thought of as a lowland species, but there are quite a few records throughout the Andes, especially in Colombia.


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