Black-bellied Cuckoo
Piaya melanogaster(Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
English (US) Black-bellied Cuckoo
The Black-bellied Cuckoo (Piaya melanogaster) 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: the Guianas and Venezuela to eastern Ecuador, Peru, and western BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Piaya melanogaster
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-bellied Cuckoo
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cuculus melanogaster
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
- Type locality
- Java, error = Cayenne by substitution of Berlepsch and Hartert, Nov. Zool., 9, 1902, p. 97.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 8 p.236
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Cuckoos
Jacobin Cuckoo
Clamator jacobinus
Little Cuckoo
Coccycua minuta
Dwarf Cuckoo
Coccycua pumila
Ash-Coloured Cuckoo
Coccycua cinerea
Common Squirrel Cuckoo
Piaya cayana
Mexican Squirrel Cuckoo
Piaya mexicana
Dark-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus melacoryphus
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Pearly-breasted Cuckoo
Coccyzus euleri
Mangrove Cuckoo
Coccyzus minor
Cocos Cuckoo
Coccyzus ferrugineus
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
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