Guira Cuckoo

Description:

A shaggy-looking cuckoo. Short orange-rufous crest Striped brown on throat and breast Yellow bare facial skin Orange to yellow bill and eye White-streaked brown back and wings, white lower back Blackish tail with broad whitish lateral area at base and at tip, all dark central rectrices except at base Whitish underparts Juveniles with small white spots on tips of remiges, black and white bill and light grey eye Found in north-eastern Brazil to Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and central Argentina. Common in most of its range. Has extended its range with deforestation.