Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Overview

Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) is a species of Cuckoos (Cuculidae) in the order Cuckoos. A slender long-tailed cuckoo with a yellow bill and rusty wing patches; builds its own nest, unlike Old World cuckoos; feeds on caterpillars and insects; a shy bird of woodland edges.

Scientific Classification

Genus: Coccyzus; binomial: Coccyzus americanus; authority: (Linnaeus, 1758). Typical size: 26-30cm. Average lifespan: 5-8 years.

Distribution

Breeding range: the Nearctic and Middle America. Non-breeding range: SA.

Conservation Status

This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.

Remarks

Treated as monotypic; includes occidentalis (Payne 2005).