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| PÁJARO BOBO MAYOR DE PUERTO RICO Puerto Rican Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus vieilloti |
Where we go for this bird? The easiest way to see this bird is our Luquillo bird outing.
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Similar species: Mangrove Cuckoo is smaller and have a different flight pattern.
An impressive long-tailed bird of wooded habitats including shade coffee plantations. Usually found in dense vegetation though
sometimes found sunning in the open at first light with its tail spread. Note this species long straight narrow bill, brilliant red
eyering, gray chest, and chestnut belly. The Mangrove Cuckoo is passingly similar but has a much shorter bill, a black mask,
and lacks the red eyering visible on Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo. Secretive, but not shy, this species is often first detected by its
voice. Song is a long, rapid, ratcheting “keh-keh-keh…” series that often accelerates and/or decelerates throughout. Other calls
include a harsh, “craaa.”
https://ebird.org/species/purlic1 [December 14, 2025]
sometimes found sunning in the open at first light with its tail spread. Note this species long straight narrow bill, brilliant red
eyering, gray chest, and chestnut belly. The Mangrove Cuckoo is passingly similar but has a much shorter bill, a black mask,
and lacks the red eyering visible on Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo. Secretive, but not shy, this species is often first detected by its
voice. Song is a long, rapid, ratcheting “keh-keh-keh…” series that often accelerates and/or decelerates throughout. Other calls
include a harsh, “craaa.”
https://ebird.org/species/purlic1 [December 14, 2025]
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