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                     Cuculiformes

    CUCULIDAE

    Cuckoos, Anis. Slim. Colouring modest. Beak slightly curved. Wings short. Tail eventually graduate. Two fingers forward and two backwards.

     Nest in trees. In some species the eggs have a mesh limestone. Several species are parasites. They feed on insects, worms, larvae, etc..

      SUBFAMILIA Cuculinae

    YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO: Coccyzus americanus
   
       
 
Visiting summer. It inhabits the north of Argentina. until the middle of the country, reaching the northern of Buenos Aires province .   
 Ilustration by Maria Gabriela Arancio. 

         DARK-BILLED CUCKOO: Coccyzus melacoryphus
   
       


Inhabits low mountains of central and northern Argentina.
  

          
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          ASH-COLORED CUCKOO: Coccycua cinerea

 

Inhabits mountains of central and northern Argentina.
 

  

          
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     SQUIRREL CUCKOO: Piaya cayana

   

      Inhabits yungas and jungles of northern Argentina, reaching the northern province of Buenos Aires.



                                 
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   Photographs taken at the Reserva de la Biosfera Yabotí y Parque Nacional Iguazú, Misiones province.

       SUBFAMILIA Crotophaginae

   SMOOTH-BILLED ANI: Crotophaga ani
              
  

  It inhabits forests and towns of the north to the center of our country

   Photographs taken in the Chaco National Park, Chaco province, Reconquista, Santa Fe province and Misiones province.
 

                                                                      
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          GREATER ANI: Crotophaga major

              
   

  It is found throughout the northern Argentine, arriving in the summer to the Buenos Aires
province.
    
                
       Photographs taken in Misiones province.

          
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           GUIRA CUCKOO: Guira guira
       
       

      
    It inhabits forests, grasslands and rural areas.

                                           
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      SUBFAMILIA Neomorphinae

   STRIPED CUCKOO: Tapera naevia
        
It inhabits the north of our country until the northeastern to Buenos Aires province.

                      
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