Jamaican lizard cuckoo
Jamaican lizard cuckoo | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cuculiformes |
Family: | Cuculidae |
Genus: | Coccyzus |
Species: | C. vetula
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Binomial name | |
Coccyzus vetula | |
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The Jamaican lizard cuckoo (Coccyzus vetula) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is endemic to Jamaica. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Coccyzus vetula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22684399A130096625. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22684399A130096625.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
Further reading[]
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- Raffaele, Herbert; James Wiley, Orlando Garrido, Allan Keith & Janis Raffaele (2003) Birds of the West Indies, Christopher Helm, London.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Coccyzus
- Endemic birds of Jamaica
- Birds described in 1758
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Cuculiformes stubs