Striped Cuckoo
Tapera naevia(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Striped Cuckoo
The Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia) 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: southern Veracruz (southeastern Mexico) southwards to north-central ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tapera naevia
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Striped Cuckoo
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cuculus naevius
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- Cayenne.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.170
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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