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Black-billed Cuckoo

Coulicou à bec noir

Coccyzus erythropthalmus

Birds of North America
  • Black-billed Cuckoo
  • Black-billed Cuckoo
  • Black-billed Cuckoo
  • Black-billed Cuckoo
  • Black-billed Cuckoo

Life, Habitat & Pictures of the Black-billed Cuckoo

B L W W W Family Latin Name
12" 30.5cm 17.5" 44.5cm 2oz 56.7g Cuculidae Coccyzus erythropthalmus

  • Breeding
  • Year Around
  • Winter
Black-billed Cuckoo range

The Black-billed Cuckoo is one of the two most common cuckoos seen in North America, the other is the Yellow-billed Cuckoo. This bird can be found along forest edges and scrub bush-type habitat. Their main diet is caterpillars and these birds serve a great purpose in maintaining a healthy forest.


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