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Piaya cayana  (Linnaeus, 1766)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 554785

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Cuculus cayanus Linnaeus, 1766
  
  Common Name(s): alma-de-gato [Portuguese]
  
    Piaye écureuil [French]
  
    Cuco ardilla común [Spanish]
  
    Common Squirrel-cuckoo [English]
  
    Cuclillo canela [Spanish]
  
    Squirrel Cuckoo [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderCuculiformes  – Cuckoos, coucoua  
                            FamilyCuculidae  – Anis, Cuckoos, Roadrunners  
                               GenusPiaya R. Lesson, 1830  
                                  SpeciesPiaya cayana (Linnaeus, 1766) – alma-de-gato, Piaye écureuil, Cuco ardilla común, Common Squirrel-cuckoo, Cuclillo canela, Squirrel Cuckoo  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Piaya cayana cabanisi J. A. Allen, 1893  
                                     Subspecies Piaya cayana cayana (Linnaeus, 1766)  
                                     Subspecies Piaya cayana circe Bonaparte, 1850  
                                     Subspecies Piaya cayana hellmayri Pinto, 1938  
                                     Subspecies Piaya cayana insulana Hellmayr, 1906  
                                     Subspecies Piaya cayana macroura Gambel, 1849  
                                     Subspecies Piaya cayana mehleri Bonaparte, 1850  
                                     Subspecies Piaya cayana mesura (Cabanis & Heine, 1863)  
                                     Subspecies Piaya cayana mexicana (Swainson, 1827) – Mexican Squirrel-cuckoo 
                                     Subspecies Piaya cayana mogenseni J. L. Peters, 1926  
                                     Subspecies Piaya cayana nigricrissa (Cabanis, 1862)  
                                     Subspecies Piaya cayana obscura E. Snethlage, 1908  
                                     Subspecies Piaya cayana pallescens (Cabanis & Heine, 1863)  
                                     Subspecies Piaya cayana thermophila P. L. Sclater, 1860  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Piaya cayana    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2005), website (version Jul-2005)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Piaya cayana, Squirrel Cuckoo [English]   
       
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Cuclillo canela[Spanish]   
       
  Source: eBird/Clements Checklist (2021), database (version 2021)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/   
  Reference for: Piaya cayana   
       
  Source: HBW and BirdLife Int. v.6 (2021), database (version 6)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 6. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v6_Dec21.zip   
  Reference for: Piaya cayana   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 14.2), website (version 14.2)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 16 October 2024]   
  Reference for: Piaya cayana, Squirrel Cuckoo [English]   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2006.04.08, website (version 08-Apr-06)  
  Acquired: 2006   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Piaya cayana   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, E. C., and J. V. Remsen Jr., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 4th Edition, Vol. 1 Non-passerines   
  Page(s): l + 461   
  Publisher: Aves Press   
  Publication Place: Eastbourne, UK   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780956861108   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Piaya cayana, Squirrel Cuckoo [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Piaya cayana, Squirrel Cuckoo [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Caribbean  
    Middle America  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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