Order
        
Cuculiformes
      
      
        Family
        
Cuculidae
      
      
        Genus
        
Guira
      
      
        Species
        
guira
      
      
        Conservation Status
        
Least Concern
      
      
        Location Photographed
        
Argentina, Bolivia
        
      
      
        Number of Sub-Species
        
0
      
      
        Migratory or Resident
        
Resident
      
      
        Preferred Habitat
        
Open habitats such as pastures and wetlands.
      
      
        Distribution and Range
        
Eastern and southern Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and northern Argentina
      
      
        Food
        
Oportunistic predator preying either in trees or on the ground for insects, frogs, small birds, eggs and rodents.