Order: Cuculiformes | Family: Cuculidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonian, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonian, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonian, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonian, Brazil
Status: The Black-bellied Cuckoo is uncommon to rare in the canopy or Terra Firme forest in Amazonia. It is known to range to elevations of up to 900 m along the foothills of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Cuco de Vientre Negro.
Sub-species: Black-bellied Cuckoo (Piaya melanogaster), Vieillot, 1817.
Meaning of Name: Piaya: Creole, Piaye= a native name for birds of the family Cuculidae. melanogaster: Gr. melas= black and gaster= stomach.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 08/01/2015.