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title: "Eekhoornkoekoek"
description: "Piaya cayana — Vogels. The common squirrel cuckoo (Piaya cayana) is a large and active species of cuckoo found in wooded habitats from northwestern Mexico to northern Argentina and Uruguay, and on Trinidad."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/common-squirrel-cuckoo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eekhoornkoekoek

> Piaya cayana — Vogels. The common squirrel cuckoo (Piaya cayana) is a large and active species of cuckoo found in wooded habitats from northwestern Mexico to northern Argentina and Uruguay, and on Trinidad.

- Scientific name: *Piaya cayana*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 16212
- Wikidata: [Q1270495](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1270495)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1758](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1758)

## Names

- en: Common Squirrel-Cuckoo
- de: Eichhornkuckuck
- es: Cuclillo Canelo Común
- fr: Piaye écureuil
- nl: Eekhoornkoekoek
- pt: Alma-de-gato
- pl: Rudzianka wielka

## Countries with the most observations

BR (4325), MX (3234), CR (1766), CO (1520), PA (1063), EC (705), AR (573), HN (358), PE (313), SV (297), NI (218), BZ (199)

## Summary

The common squirrel cuckoo (Piaya cayana) is a large and active species of cuckoo found in wooded habitats from northwestern Mexico to northern Argentina and Uruguay, and on Trinidad. The species was formerly considered to be conspecific with the Mexican squirrel cuckoo (Piaya mexicana).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_squirrel_cuckoo

## Photo

![Eekhoornkoekoek](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-squirrel-cuckoo/medium.jpg)

Photo: Juan J. Morales-Trejo · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/332943290

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-squirrel-cuckoo?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).