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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 ...
The mountain bluebird is the state bird of Idaho. This list of birds of Idaho includes species documented in the U.S. state of Idaho and accepted by the Idaho Bird Records Committee (IBRC). As of January 2022, there were 433 species on the official list. One additional species is considered hypothetical. Of the 433, 180 are review species in part or all of the state.(see note) [notes 1] Eight ...
The red-billed streamertail is the national bird of Jamaica. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Jamaica. The avifauna of Jamaica included a total of 332 species as of July 2022, according to Bird Checklists of the World. Of them, 28 are endemic, 19 have been introduced by humans, and 159 are rare or accidental. Another species (great-tailed grackle) is concentrated in one area and ...
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. Common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus (V) LC; Yellow-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus (V) LC
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. The Old World cuckoos are brood parasites. Three species have been recorded in Kentucky. Groove-billed ani, Crotophaga sulcirostris (A)
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 western meadowlark is the state bird of Nebraska. This list of birds of Nebraska includes species documented in the U.S. state of Nebraska and accepted by Nebraska Ornithologists' Union (NOU). As of August 2021, there are 467 species included in the official list. Of them, 95 are classed as accidental, 19 are classed as casual, two are extinct, and three have been extirpated. Four have ...