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PHEASANT CUCKOO Dromococcyx phasianellus
This is not an easy bird to see! With a huge tail and disproportionately long neck, the Pheasant Cuckoo is an odd-looking bird that skulks in forest undergrowth. You are much more likely to hear the simple whistled call of this bird than to actually see it, though some birds are very responsive to playback.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE3156PH) Adult, San Bernardino, Departamento Cordillera (Hugo del Castillo October 2011).
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Dromococcyx phasianellus
1 (FPAVE32RE) Call recorded Ybyturuzu, Departamento Central PN San Rafael (Myriam Velázquez August 2000).
2 (FPAVE33RE) Call with resonant last note recorded Ybyturuzu, Departamento Central PN San Rafael (Myriam Velázquez August 2000).
2 (FPAVE34RE) Call with resonant last note recorded Yaguarete Forest, Departamento San Pedro (Myriam Velázquez August 2000).
Click the link to hear the call. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website Xeno-Canto - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.
