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Tuesday, June 4, 2019

SQUIRREL CUCKOO (PIAYA CAYANA), CERRO GAITAL NATIONAL PARK,EL VALLE DE ANTON,COCLE PROVINCE,PANAMA, 5/24/2019

      We can ID this cuckoo as a Squirrel Cuckoo as follows:
  • Rufous upperparts and head, becoming paler on throat
  • Greenish orbital skin surrounding yellowish iris 
  • Extremely long, graduated tail.  Underside of tail is blackish with broad white tips.
  • Yellowish bill
  • Gray lower breast and blackish belly

      The Squirrel Cuckoo is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 875.





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