Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo
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| Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Coccyzus |
| Species: | C. vetula |
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| Coccyzus vetula (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Saurothera vetula |
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The Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo (Saurothera vetula) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is endemic to Jamaica. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Saurothera vetula. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
- Raffaele, Herbert; James Wiley, Orlando Garrido, Allan Keith & Janis Raffaele (2003) Birds of the West Indies, Christopher Helm, London.
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