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Guira Cuckoo

Guira guira · Family Cuculidae

Guira guira

Family Cuculidae

Order
Cuculiformes
Family
Cuculidae
GBIF occurrence records
242,777
Countries and territories with records
17
Guira Cuckoo
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About this species

This species has 242,777 occurrence records from 17 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Argentina (43.3%), Brazil (42%), Uruguay (6%), Paraguay (5.3%) and Bolivia (3.4%); together they account for 99.9% of the total. In Argentina, this species accounts for 0.69% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Guira guira combines the genus name Guira with the species epithet guira. It is the only species of the genus Guira in the Warbla app catalog.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 144 species of the family Cuculidae. This species ranks 12th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Cuculus canorus. Its record count is 2.7 times the family average (90,374). The family Cuculidae belongs to the order Cuculiformes, which has 146 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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