Iconic Birds
Least Concern
Quick Facts
Mass0.109 kg
Facts sourced from Wikidata (CC0).
The black-bellied cuckoo or black-bellied squirrel cuckoo is a bird of the family Cuculidae found in the Amazon region. Even though this species has a wide distribution, little is known about its ecology and natural history. The word melanogaster means "black belly"; it has Greek roots, melas meaning "black" and gaster meaning "belly".
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