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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.
The genus Coccyzus was introduced in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot to accommodate a single species, Comte de Buffon's "Coucou de la Caroline", now the yellow-billed cuckoo. This which is therefore the type species. [1] [2] The genus name is from the Ancient Greek kokkuzō meaning "to cry cuckoo". [3]
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)
And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men; for thus sings he: "Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo!" O, word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear! Golden cuckoo in the coat of arms of Suomenniemi. In Europe, hearing the call of the common cuckoo is regarded as the first harbinger of ...
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 ...
The yellow-billed babbler is a common resident breeding bird in Sri Lanka and southern India. Its habitat is scrub, cultivation and garden land. Its habitat is scrub, cultivation and garden land. This species , like most babblers, is not migratory , and has short rounded wings and a weak flight and is usually seen calling and foraging in groups.
The Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus) [3] [4] is a member of the cuckoo family of birds, the Cuculidae.It is found in the Indian Subcontinent, China, and Southeast Asia.It forms a superspecies with the closely related black-billed koels, and Pacific koels which are sometimes treated as subspecies.
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 ...