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Birds

Guira
Cuckoo

Least Concern

Increasing

Guira Cuckoo

Guira guira

The Guira Cuckoo is a social, non-parasitic cuckoo found widely in open and semi-open habitats of eastern and southern Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, and north-eastern Argentina.

It has whitish-buff underparts and rump, dark brownish upperparts, a broadly white-tipped dark tail that is relatively long, an orange-rufous crest, bare yellow ocular-skin, and a relatively heavy, orange-yellow bill. It is generally rather shaggy-looking and has a total length of approximately 35 cm. The Guira Cuckoo is arboreal, but can frequently be seen on the ground, usually in flocks.

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CUCULIFORMES
CUCULIDAE
Guira guira

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