The Pearly-breasted Cuckoo breeds in southern South America and moves northward. It is brown above, white below, and has a long tail patterned in black and white.
It is brownish above and white below, with a black upper bill and yellow lower bill. Its long graduated tail has black centers and white tips.
It is an austral migrant that uses humid forest, gallery forest, and secondary forest. Its song is a slow series of “kuoup” notes.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.