Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Czech | kukačka portorická |
Dutch | Puertoricaanse Hagediskoekoek |
English | Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo |
English (United States) | Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo |
French | Tacco de Porto Rico |
French (France) | Tacco de Porto Rico |
German | Puerto-Rico-Kuckuck |
Japanese | プエルトリコトゲカッコウ |
Norwegian | puertoricoøglegjøk |
Polish | jaszczurkojad brązowy |
Russian | Пуэрториканская пиайя |
Serbian | Portorikanska gušterojeda kukavica |
Slovak | kukavka portorická |
Spanish | Cuco Lagartero Puertorriqueño |
Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Pájaro Bobo Mayor |
Spanish (Spain) | Cuco lagartero puertorriqueño |
Swedish | puertoricoödlegök |
Turkish | Portoriko Kertenkele Guguğu |
Ukrainian | Тако пуерто-риканський |
Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo Coccyzus vieilloti
Version: 1.0 — Published November 4, 2010
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Distribution
Distribution in the Americas
Endemic to Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoos are fairly common on the island, though inconspicuous, and occur at all elevations (Raffaele et al. 1998). In a list of vertebrate species for Los Tres Picachos Forest, the latest addition to the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources state managed forests, Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoos were described as common in most habitats except near the peaks in elfin woods, and were more common below 900 m (Miranda-Castro et al. 2000).
Wetmore (1916) suggested that the species may have been a former resident of Vieques, as one specimen was collected on the island (Newton and Newton 1859). A single specimen, perhaps a stray bird, also was collected from St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands (Wetmore 1927, Raffaele et al. 1998). No other records exist of the species on other nearby islands.
Distribution outside the Americas
Endemic to Puerto Rico.
Habitat
Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoos are found across the island in a range of habitats including woodlands, coffee plantations, and thick, brush-covered limestone hills (Bond 1971). Other common habitat includes mountainous areas with thick forest, the dry coastal forest in the vicinity of Guánica, as well as swampy forest near Mameyes and other locales near the coast (Raffaele et al. 1998, Wetmore 1927).
Historical changes
None known.
Fossil history
Wetmore (1922) identified bones of unknown age from material collected by H. E. Anthony in caves near Morovis and Utuado (north-central Puerto Rico).