Ash-colored cuckoo
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes
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| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Coccycua |
| Species: | C. cinerea
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| Binomial name | |
| Coccycua cinerea (Vieillot, 1817)
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| Synonyms | |
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Coccyzus cinereus Vieillot, 1817 | |
The ash-colored cuckoo (Coccycua cinerea) is an American bird species of the cuckoo family (Cuculidae).
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
subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
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References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.