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Comparison of black-billed cuckoo (left) and yellow-billed cuckoo. Adults have a long tail, brown above and black-and-white below, and a black curved bill with yellow especially on the lower mandible. The head and upper parts are brown and the underparts are white. There is a yellow ring around the eye. It shows cinnamon on the wings in flight.
Yellow-billed and black-billed cuckoos occasionally lay eggs in the nests of other birds, but are not obligate brood parasites like the common cuckoo of Eurasia. Northern species such as yellow-billed and black-billed cuckoos are strong migrants , wintering in Central or South America , and occasionally wander to western Europe as rare vagrants ...
Dark-billed cuckoo: Coccyzus melacoryphus Vieillot, 1817: 83 Yellow-billed cuckoo: Coccyzus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758) 84 Pearly-breasted cuckoo: Coccyzus euleri Cabanis, 1873: 85 Mangrove cuckoo: Coccyzus minor (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 86 Cocos cuckoo: Coccyzus ferrugineus Gould, 1843: 87 Black-billed cuckoo: Coccyzus erythropthalmus (Wilson, A ...
Coccyzidae was a family of birds comprising 18 new world cuckoos, ranging from Canada to Argentina.The family consists of the genera Coccyzus, Coccyua, and Piaya. [1] This family is today typically subsumed within Cuculidae, e.g. by the International Ornithological Committee (IOC).
The Puget Sound Conservation and Recovery Plan (2005–2007) outlines a number of goals for improving management and health of the state's eelgrass beds. These include increasing protection over eelgrass beds on state-managed aquatic lands, and developing a statewide "seagrass management conservation plan" to be used by local, state and federal ...
The pearly-breasted cuckoo is 25 to 28 cm (9.8 to 11 in) long, about half of which is the tail. Males weigh about 45 to 53 g (1.6 to 1.9 oz) and females about 54 to 61 g (1.9 to 2.2 oz). Their bill is stout and somewhat decurved. Its maxilla is brown to black with a yellow base and its mandible yellow to orange with a black tip. Males and ...
The yellow-billed malkoha (Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It often follows moor macaques. [2]
Dark-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus melacoryphus (E-SA) Yellow-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus (All) Pearly-breasted cuckoo, Coccyzus euleri (E-SA) Mangrove cuckoo, Coccyzus minor; Black-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus; Gray-capped cuckoo, Coccyzus lansbergi (E-SA) Common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus (V)