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STRIPED CUCKOO Tapera naevia
To Paraguayans he is the "Crespín", source of a mysterious and often-heard whistle, though few people would recognise the bird who produces it if they saw it. It is a secretive bird with an expressive crest, lurking low in junk scrub habitats and calling tirelessly! Like many cuckoos they are nest parasites, laying their eggs in the nests of other birds, particularly the Synallaxis spinetails.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE1077PH) Adult, Bahía de Asunción, Departamento Central (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE1078PH) Adult, Bahía de Asunción, Departamento Central (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE3305PH) Adult ventral, Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Roberto Derna March 2011).
VIDEO - (FPAVE1082VI) Adult, Bahía de Asunción, Departamento Central (Paul Smith October 2010).
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Tapera naevia
1 (FPAVE1079RE) Song recorded Isla Yacyreta, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith October 2009).
2 (FPAVE1080RE) Higher-pitched song recorded Itabó Itaipú Reserve, Departamento Alto Paraná (Paul Smith September 2003).
3 (FPAVE1081RE) Variant song recorded Itabó Itaipú Reserve, Departamento Alto Paraná (Paul Smith September 2003).
Click the link to hear the call. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website www.xeno-canto.com - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.
