Puerto Rican Lizard Cuckoo (Coccyzus vieilloti)
About the Puerto Rican Lizard Cuckoo
The Puerto Rican lizard cuckoo (Coccyzus vieilloti) is a species of bird in the tribe Phaenicophaeini, subfamily Cuculinae of the cuckoo family Cuculidae. It is endemic to Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rican lizard cuckoo and three other lizard cuckoos were for a time considered a single species. Individually they were previously placed in genus Saurothera that was later merged into the current Coccyzus, and they are considered a superspecies. All four of them are found only on islands in the Caribbean. The Puerto Rican lizard cuckoo is monotypic. The species' specific epithet and the former English name "Vieilloti's Ground Cuckoo" commemorate French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 13 recordings for this species: 11 CC BY-NC-SA · 2 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Puerto Rico in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusrecording
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.