Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Perching
Length: 12 in. (30 cm )
A specialist eating hairy caterpillars that most other birds will not touch, this cuckoo is unique. Its haphazard nest is made of a few crossed twigs and dried leaves and placed in low shrub or small tree. It occurs in open woodlands and riparian forest in the west. During the winter it migrates to the Amazon of South America.
The four-digit banding code is YBCU.
Male |
Riparian / River forest
Savanna
Bibliographic details:
- Article: Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Author(s): Dr. Biology
- Publisher: Arizona State University School of Life Sciences Ask A Biologist
- Site name: ASU - Ask A Biologist
- Date published: 13 Jul, 2017
- Date accessed:
- Link: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/yellow-billed-cuckoo
APA Style
Dr. Biology. (Thu, 07/13/2017 - 15:38). Yellow-billed Cuckoo. ASU - Ask A Biologist. Retrieved from https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/yellow-billed-cuckoo
Chicago Manual of Style
Dr. Biology. "Yellow-billed Cuckoo". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 Jul 2017. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/yellow-billed-cuckoo
MLA 2017 Style
Dr. Biology. "Yellow-billed Cuckoo". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 Jul 2017. ASU - Ask A Biologist, Web. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/yellow-billed-cuckoo
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