Guira Cuckoo
Guira guira
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- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderCuculiformes (Cuckoos)
- FamilyCuculidae (Cuckoos)
- GenusGuira
- SpeciesGuira guira (Guira Cuckoo)
About the Guira Cuckoo
The guira cuckoo, known in Spanish as the pirincho (Guira guira) is a species of gregarious bird found widely in open and semi-open habitats of northeastern, eastern and southern Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, and northeastern Argentina. It is the only species placed in the genus Guira.
The guira cuckoo was described and illustrated in 1648 by the German naturalist Georg Marcgrave in his Historia Naturalis Brasiliae. He used the name "Guira angatara". The word gûyrá means "bird" in the Old Tupi language. Later ornithologists based their descriptions on Marcgrave's account: Francis Willughby in 1678, John Ray in 1713, Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760, and Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1779. When the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin revised and expanded Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae in 1788 he included the guira cuckoo. He placed it with all the other cuckoos in the genus Cuculus and coined the binomial name Cuculus guira. The guira cuckoo is now the only species placed in the genus Guira that was introduced in 1830 by the French naturalist René Lesson. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. It is most closely related to the... Wikipedia →
Recent sightings of Guira Cuckoo in Iguaçu National Park
LIVEiNaturalistClosest Relatives at Iguaçu National Park
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Piaya cayana
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Crotophaga ani
Greater Ani
Crotophaga major
Pavonine Cuckoo
Dromococcyx pavoninus
Striped Cuckoo
Tapera naevia
Dark-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus melacoryphus
Pearly-breasted Cuckoo
Coccyzus euleri
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Global Distribution
Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Noel Kempff Mercado National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 5 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 7 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 12 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 13 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 14 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 15 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 16 | Madidi National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 17 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 18 | Península Valdés | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Guira Cuckoo in Iguaçu National Park?
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Guira Cuckoo sighting in Iguaçu National Park, based on 320 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Guira Cuckoo in Iguaçu National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Guira Cuckoo in Iguaçu National Park in our monthly data.