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Striped Cuckoo

Tapera naevia

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesUrbanDomed nestSmall · 48 g
Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia), photo 1
Photo: Pablo H Capovilla · CC BY 4.0
Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia), photo 2
Photo: Pablo H Capovilla · CC BY 4.0
Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia), photo 3
Photo: Arthur Bruck · CC BY 4.0
Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia), photo 4
Photo: Guy Babineau · CC BY 4.0
Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia), photo 5
Photo: Guy Babineau · CC BY 4.0
Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia), photo 6
Photo: Tomás Carranza Perales · CC BY 4.0
Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia), photo 7
Photo: Tomás Carranza Perales · CC BY 4.0
Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia), photo 8
Photo: Audrey Whitlock · CC BY 4.0
Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia), photo 9
Photo: Audrey Whitlock · CC BY 4.0
Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia), photo 10
Photo: Marcelo Schmidt Roberti · CC BY 4.0

What the Striped Cuckoo sounds like

Sonogram of the Striped Cuckoo: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Hugo Oliveros-Salas · Piojó, Atlantico, Colombia · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Striped Cuckoo: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Duet · Azuay: upper Yunguilla Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Striped Cuckoo: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Azuay: upper Yunguilla Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Striped Cuckoo

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Striped Cuckoo

Regular range

The map shades 21 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Brazil Argentina Costa Rica Venezuela Panama Peru Ecuador Paraguay Uruguay Belize Guatemala Trinidad & Tobago Bolivia Nicaragua Honduras Mexico El Salvador Guyana French Guiana Suriname

About the Striped Cuckoo

The striped cuckoo is a near-passerine bird, the only member of the genus Tapera. This resident cuckoo is found from Mexico and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Argentina and Colombia.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

White-browed Coucal (Centropus superciliosus) White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosusThe white-browed coucal is a medium-sized species growing to 36 to 42 cm (14 to 17 in) in length. Diederik Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius) Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx capriusThe diederik cuckoo is a smallish cuckoo at 18 to 20 cm. Shining Bronze Cuckoo (Chalcites lucidus) Shining Bronze CuckooChalcites lucidusHard to spot and easier to hear, the shining bronze cuckoo is 13–18 cm (5.1–7.1 in) in overall length, has a wingspan of 25–32 cm (9.8–12.6 in) and weighs around 25 g (0.88 oz).

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