The ash-colored cuckoo (Coccycua cinerea) is an American bird species of the cuckoo family (Cuculidae).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Coccycua |
| Species: | C. cinerea
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| Binomial name | |
| Coccycua cinerea (Vieillot, 1817)
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Coccyzus cinereus Vieillot, 1817 | |
It was formerly placed in the genus Coccyzus or Micrococcyx. Following the discovery that it belongs to a distinct lineage around the little cuckoo, the genus Coccycua has been reinstated for these.
Its range extends from northern and central Argentina to Uruguay and São Paulo (state) ; its wintering range extend northwards towards Amazonas. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Coccycua cinerea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22684318A130095337. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22684318A130095337.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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