Dwarf cuckoo

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Dwarf cuckoo
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Coccycua
Species:
C. pumila
Binomial name
Coccycua pumila
(Strickland, 1852)
Coccycua pumila map.svg
Synonyms

Coccyzus pumilusStrickland, 1852
Micrococcyx pumilus(Strickland, 1852)

The dwarf cuckoo (Coccycua pumila) is a tropical American bird species of the cuckoo family (Cuculidae).

It was formerly placed in the genus Coccyzus or Micrococcyx. Following the discovery that it belongs to a distinct lineage around the little cuckoo, the genus Coccycua has been reinstated for these.

It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and heavily degraded former forest.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Coccycua pumila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22684309A93024575. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22684309A93024575.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.