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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.
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
Smooth-billed ani: Crotophaga ani: Striped cuckoo: Tapera naevia: Trinidad only Little cuckoo: Coccycua minuta: Trinidad only Dwarf cuckoo: Coccycua pumila: Trinidad only - vagrant Squirrel cuckoo: Piaya cayana: Trinidad only Dark-billed cuckoo: Coccyzus melacoryphus: Trinidad only - vagrant Yellow-billed cuckoo: Coccyzus americanus: Mangrove ...
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 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 ...
A yellow-billed loon shut down the famous water show that happens every 30 minutes when it decided to find "comfort on Las Vegas' own Lake Bellagio". ABC News shared the video on Wednesday, March ...
Breeding success rate in South Africa is up to 38 percent, and one yellow-billed shrike nest was abandoned by the foster-parents before the cuckoo chick fledged, with a new nest being built elsewhere. [3] A study in Zambia releveled that African cuckoo would have its eggs rejected by a fork-tailed drongo host with rate of rejection as high as ...
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. Five species have been recorded in Wyoming. Gray catbird, Dumetella carolinensis; Curve-billed thrasher, Toxostoma curvirostre (A)