Grey-capped Cuckoo
Coccyzus lansbergiBonaparte, CLJL, 1850
English (US) Gray-capped Cuckoo
UK name: Grey-capped Cuckoo
The Grey-capped Cuckoo (Coccyzus lansbergi) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cuculidae (Cuckoos) in the order Cuculiformes.
Range: breeds northern Colombia and northern Venezuela; migrates to western PeruRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Coccyzus lansbergi
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-capped Cuckoo
- English (UK)
- Grey-capped Cuckoo
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850
- Type locality
- Santa FĂ© de Bogota.
- Original description
- Conspectus generum avium 1 p.112
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Great Lizard Cuckoo
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