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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 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 chestnut-breasted malkoha is typical of the Phaenicophaeinae in having brightly coloured skin around the eye.. Cuckoos are medium-sized birds that range in size from the little bronze cuckoo, at 17 g (0.6 oz) and 15 cm (6 in), to moderately large birds, ranging from 60–80 cm (24–31 in) in length, such as the giant coua of Madagascar, the coral-billed ground-cuckoo of Indochina, and ...
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 ...
Black-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. Groove-billed ani, Crotophaga sulcirostris (A) LC; Common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus (A) LC; Yellow-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus LC
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 ...