Bay-breasted Cuckoo
Coccyzus rufigularisHartlaub, KJG, 1852
English (US) Bay-breasted Cuckoo
The Bay-breasted Cuckoo (Coccyzus rufigularis) 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: Hispaniola and Gonâve IslandRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Coccyzus rufigularis
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Bay-breasted Cuckoo
- Described by
- Hartlaub, KJG, 1852
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Hartlaub, KJG, 1852
- Type locality
- Mountain forests of Spanish Santo Domingo i.e. Dominican Republic.
- Original description
- Naumannia 2 Heft2 p.55
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo
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Puerto Rican Lizard Cuckoo
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Great Lizard Cuckoo
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Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo
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St. Helena Cuckoo
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Thick-billed Cuckoo
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