Pearly-breasted cuckoo


The pearly-breasted cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.
It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Peru and Venezuela.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest. It does not occur above an elevation of 2000 meters.
It can easily be confused with the yellow-billed cuckoo.
The status and even the general distribution of this scarce cuckoo remain very poorly understood.
This cuckoo is hunted.