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The Jamaican lizard cuckoo is 38 to 40 cm (15 to 16 in) long, about half of which is the tail, and weighs 86 to 105 g (3.0 to 3.7 oz). It has a long, straight, rectangular bill with a black maxilla and a paler mandible. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a brown forehead, crown to below the eye, and nape. Their upperparts are grayish with rufous primaries. Their throat is whitish and the rest of the underparts are rufous that is lighter on the undertail coverts. Their tail feathers are gray with wide white tips; the central pair have a black band above the tip. Voice: The Jamaican lizard cuckoo's principal vocalization is a "apid, low 'cak-cak-cak-ka-ka-ka-k-k'."
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When to see the Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo
The Jamaican lizard cuckoo is a species of bird in the tribe Phaenicophaeini, subfamily Cuculinae of the cuckoo family Cuculidae. It is endemic to Jamaica.
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Easily confused with
Chestnut-bellied CuckooCoccyzus pluvialisThe chestnut-bellied cuckoo is 48 to 56 cm (19 to 22 in) long, about half of which is the tail, and weighs 130 to 189 g (4.6 to 6.7 oz).
Grey-capped CuckooCoccyzus lansbergiThe grey-capped cuckoo is 25 to 28 cm (9.8 to 11 in) long, about half of which is the tail.
Pearly-breasted CuckooCoccyzus euleriThe pearly-breasted cuckoo is 25 to 28 cm (9.8 to 11 in) long, about half of which is the tail.
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