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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 ...
Yellow-billed cuckoo. Order: Cuculiformes Family: Cuculidae. The family Cuculidae includes cuckoos, roadrunners, and anis. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails, and strong legs. Three species of cuckoo have been recorded in Georgia. Smooth-billed ani, Crotophaga ani (R) Yellow-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus
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).
Red-billed oxpecker. Order: Passeriformes Family: Buphagidae. As both the English and scientific names of these birds imply, they feed on ectoparasites, primarily ticks, found on large mammals. The entire family is endemic to Africa. Red-billed oxpecker, Buphagus erythrorhynchus; Yellow-billed oxpecker, Buphagus africanus
These birds are notable for their vocalization, especially their remarkable ability to mimic a wide variety of birds and other sounds heard outdoors. The species tend towards dull grays and browns in their appearance. Gray catbird, Dumetella carolinensis; Curve-billed thrasher, Toxostoma curvirostre; Brown thrasher, Toxostoma rufum
The greater coucal or crow pheasant (Centropus sinensis), is a large non-parasitic member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. A widespread resident in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, it is divided into several subspecies, some being treated as full species. They are large, crow-like with a long tail and coppery brown ...
The Cuban trogon is the national bird of Cuba.. This is a list of birds species recorded in the archipelago of Cuba, which consists of the main island of Cuba and over 1000 smaller cays and islands.