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Guira Cuckoo

Guira guira

Photo by James McNair
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Description:

A shaggy-looking cuckoo. Short orange-rufous crest
Striped brown on throat and breast Yellow bare facial skin
Orange to yellow bill and eye White-streaked brown back and wings, white lower back Blackish tail with broad whitish lateral area at base and at tip, all dark central rectrices except at base Whitish underparts
Juveniles with small white spots on tips of remiges, black and white bill and light grey eye

Found in north-eastern Brazil to Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and central Argentina. Common in most of its range. Has extended its range with deforestation.

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Guira Cuckoo

Guira guira

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