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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 ...
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)
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.
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).
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 ...
A coucal is one of about 30 species of birds in the cuckoo family.All of them belong in the subfamily Centropodinae and the genus Centropus.Unlike many Old World cuckoos, coucals are not brood parasites, though they do have their own reproductive peculiarity: all members of the genus are (to varying degrees) sex-role reversed, so that the smaller male provides most of the parental care.