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Squirrel Cuckoo/Cuculo scoiattolo

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Squirrel Cuckoo/Cuculo scoiattolo

Piaya cayana Cory, CB 1915

Nomenclature adopted by the Novara  scientists

unknown

It was not possible to identify this specimen within the Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde: in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil, 1. Band: Wirbelthiere, Wien, Aus der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1869, A. Pelzeln, "Vögel".

References

C. B. Cory, "Notes on South American Birds, with Descriptions of New Subspecies" in Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History Ornithological series, Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, vol. I, n. 9, 1915, p. 304.

Links

https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=9F7E2FA0

Details

State of
preservation 

Good

Collection
date

Probably August 1857

Collection 
place

Probably Brazil

Owner

Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste

Inventory Number

A0137

Dimension
(cm)

42x29x13 cm

IUCN index

Lower risk

State of
preservation 

Anoniem  

Date of withdrawal

Rio de Janeiro, Brasile

Place of collection

Lithograph

Owner

Nationaal Archief

Inventory Number

VELH30

Dimension

62 x 91 x 91 cm

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