Saurothera merlini d'Orbigny 1839 (great lizard-cuckoo)
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Aves - Cuculiformes - Cuculidae
Alternative combination: Coccyzus merlini
Belongs to Saurothera according to S. L. Olson and W. B. Hilgartner 1982
See also Clements et al. 2017, Morgan 1994, Oswald and Steadman 2018 and Steadman et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Coccyzus americanus, Coccyzus erythropthalmus, Coccyzus longirostris, Coccyzus minor, Coccyzus rufigularis
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (4 collections), Cayman Islands (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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