SQUIRREL CUCKOO (PIAYA CAYANA), CERRO GAITAL NATIONAL PARK,EL VALLE DE ANTON,COCLE PROVINCE,PANAMA, 5/24/2019

      We can ID this cuckoo as a Squirrel Cuckoo as follows:

• Rufous upperparts and head, becoming paler on throat
• Greenish orbital skin surrounding yellowish iris 
• Extremely long, graduated tail.  Underside of tail is blackish with broad white tips.
• Yellowish bill
• Gray lower breast and blackish belly

      The Squirrel Cuckoo is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 875.