Ash-colored Cuckoo
Coccycua cinerea
- Family
- Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
Overview
The ash-colored cuckoo (Coccycua cinerea) is an 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.
Its range extends from northern and central Argentina to Uruguay and São Paulo (state); its wintering range extend northwards towards Amazonas.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Breeds Paraguay, northern Argentina, southern Brazil, and Uruguay; winters northward at least to Bolivia and western Brazil south of the Amazon River, rarely to eastern Peru and southeastern Colombia.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Ash-colored cuckoo
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
