Chestnut-bellied cuckoo
The chestnut-bellied cuckoo (Coccyzus pluvialis) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. The monotypic genus Hyetornis was dissolved by the American Ornithologists' Union,[2] but this is not universally accepted. It is endemic to Jamaica. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest.
| Chestnut-bellied cuckoo | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Coccyzus |
| Species: | C. pluvialis |
| Binomial name | |
| Coccyzus pluvialis (Gmelin, 1788) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hyetornis pluvialis | |
References
- BirdLife International. (2016). Coccyzus pluvialis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22684350A93027313.en
- Archived 2007-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
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