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Pheasant Cuckoo
Dromococcyx phasianellus
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About the Pheasant Cuckoo
The pheasant cuckoo (Dromococcyx phasianellus) is a species of neotropical cuckoo in the subfamily Neomorphinae of the family Cuculidae. It is native to Central and South America where it occurs in lowland tropical forest.
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Classification
- Scientific name
- Dromococcyx phasianellus
- Family
- Cuckoos
- Order
- Cuculiformes
Similar species
Other members of the cuckoos family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Squirrel-Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Lesser Ground-Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus
- Lesser Roadrunner Geococcyx velox
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Mexican Squirrel-Cuckoo Piaya mexicana
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
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