Saurothera longirostris
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The Hispaniolan lizard cuckoo (Coccyzus longirostris) is a species of bird in the tribe Phaenicophaeini, subfamily Cuculinae of the cuckoo family Cuculidae. It is endemic to the island of Hispaniola that is shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
The Hispaniolan lizard cuckoo and three other lizard cuckoos were once considered a single species. Individually, they were previously placed in the genus Saurothera that was later merged into the current Coccyzus, and they are considered a superspecies. All four of them are endemic to islands in the Caribbean.
The Hispaniolan lizard cuckoo is 41 to 46 cm (16 to 18 in) long, about half of which is the tail. Males weigh about 83 to 99 g (2.9 to 3.5 oz) and females about 92 to 128 g (3.2 to 4.5 oz). Both subspecies have a long straight bill with a black maxilla and a paler mandible. The sexes within a subspecies have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have entirely gray upperparts. Their wings are chestnut with a rufous patch. Their throat is rufous, the breast pale gray, and the... Wikipedia →
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Dominican Republic · 2025
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Haitises National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 2 | Jaragua National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo sighting in Santo Domingo on a given day, based on 580 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 17th most-seen of the 110 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November and December
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo in Santo Domingo on a given day, against about 30% in August, the lowest month.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Santo Domingo, in our data
Santo Domingo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Cuculidae
The closest relatives of the Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo that you can see in Santo Domingo (family Cuculidae, Cuckoos) are Smooth-billed Ani (about 20%) and Mangrove Cuckoo (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo is recorded against all the birds logged in Santo Domingo (580 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
