Cuckoos

Black-bellied Cuckoo

Piaya melanogaster

The Black-bellied Cuckoo (Piaya melanogaster) is a 103 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Cuckoos

Order

Cuculiformes

Weight

103 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

9

Recorded in Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Guyana, GF, Suriname, Venezuela, Bolivia.

Where to see it: Rio Cristalino · listas históricas (Brazil); Roche Corail (French Guiana); Atta Lodge / Iwokrama Canopy Walkway (Guyana); Fredberg · Zintete Lodge (Suriname); Iwokrama River Lodge (Guyana).

Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist