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The pearly-breasted cuckoo is 25 to 28 cm (9.8 to 11 in) long, about half of which is the tail. Males weigh about 45 to 53 g (1.6 to 1.9 oz) and females about 54 to 61 g (1.9 to 2.2 oz). Their bill is stout and somewhat decurved. Its maxilla is brown to black with a yellow base and its mandible yellow to orange with a black tip. Males and females have the same plumage. Adults' upperparts are grayish brown with a light bronze gloss. Their wings are grayish brown with white on the primaries' inner webs. Voice: The pearly-breasted cuckoo's primary song is the "Kuoup Call", "a series (usually 5–15, but sometimes 20 or more) of loud and somewhat frog-like kuoup notes." It also makes a "Rattle Call" transcribed as "tuctuctuctuctuctuc towlp, tówlp, tówlp, tówlp" that similar to the yellow-billed cuckoo's call.
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When to see the Pearly-breasted Cuckoo
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Pearly-breasted Cuckoo
The map shades 7 countries with regular records, and 3 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Pearly-breasted Cuckoo
The pearly-breasted cuckoo is a species of bird in the tribe Phaenicophaeini, subfamily Cuculinae of the cuckoo family Cuculidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela, and possibly Colombia and Panama.
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Easily confused with
Bay-breasted CuckooCoccyzus rufigularisThe bay-breasted cuckoo is 46 to 51 cm (18 to 20 in) long, about half of which is the tail.
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.
Cocos CuckooCoccyzus ferrugineusThe Cocos cuckoo is 32 to 33 cm (13 to 13 in) long, about half of which is the tail, and weighs about 70 g (2.5 oz).
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