However, only 28% of the current summer range is included for the future. The Black-billed Cuckoo is a 31 centimeter-long bird with a stout slightly decurved bill, zygodactyl feet, grayish-brown dorsum, white venter (except tail), and a long tail that is patterned on the underside in gray with white feather tips.
Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Check out the full taxonomy and distribution of Black-billed Cuckoo on HBW Alive. eBird and Macaulay Library.
This bird is a shy denizen of dense mangrove swamps, living in impenetrable tangles, where its presence is often betrayed only by its throaty calls.
Black-billed Cuckoo May 2020 I have not met with this species in the State of Louisiana more than half a dozen times; nor indeed have I seen it at all in the Western States, excepting that of Ohio, where I have occasionally observed an individual, apparently out of its usual range. ... eBird range map for Black-billed Cuckoo. LC Least Concern.
Black-billed Cuckoo Coulicou à bec noir Coccyzus erythropthalmus Information, images and range maps on over 1,000 birds of North America, including sub-species, vagrants, introduced birds and possibilities Generated from eBird observations (Year-Round, 1900-present) Explore more on eBird. ALL SPECIES MAPS ON THIS PAGE ARE THE PROPERTY OF SOUTH DAKOTA BIRDS AND BIRDING, and may not be used, copied, or distributed on any other website, blog, or other distribution media without written approval by the site owner. Birders who seek the Mangrove Cuckoo in Florida may have to contend with heat, humidity, mosquitoes, and long hours of searching. Cuckoos are medium-sized birds that range in size from the little bronze cuckoo, at 17 g and 15 cm (6 inches), to the channel-billed cuckoo, at 630 g (1.4 lbs) and 63 cm (25 inches). View full eBird Range Map. Click here to return to the species description page . Monotypic. Black-billed Cuckoo - South Dakota Birds and Birding Black-billed Cuckoo Range Map. Photo by Wendy Crowe. If forest insects, especially moths and butterflies, are able to track north and west with the model’s predictions and if the birds can follow—and those are two big ifs—then the Black-billed Cuckoo may be in for a range expansion. The Black-billed Cuckoo is one of the state's most unpredictable breeding species, and, because it is generally scarce in the East, it can be a very difficult species to "nail down" on a year list or on a specific trip to the breeding range. Black-billed Cuckoos in Garrett Co., Maryland (5/26/2014). The U.S. FWS's Threatened & Endangered Species System track information about listed species in the United States The breeding range of the black-billed cuckoo extends from southern Canada in the north to northern Alabama and Texas in the south, and extends from the eastern seaboard of the U.S. to the Rocky Mountains in the west. Janice M. Hughes Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020.
Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus.
There is generally little sexual dimorphism in size, but where it exists, it can be either the male or the female that is larger. Observations. Their winter range includes the northern Andes Mountains in South America from Columbia in the north to Bolivia in the south. The bill is usually all dark, and may show yellow at the base of the lower mandible. HBW Alive contains information on Descriptive notes , Voice , Habitat , Food and Feeding , Breeding , Movements , Status and Conservation plus a list of bibliographical references for this species account. 89,870. 6,950. Photo by Bill Hubick. A Black-billed Cuckoo in Howard Co., Maryland (5/3/2016). ... A Black-billed Cuckoo feeding on tent caterpillars in western Allegany Co., Maryland (6/1/2008).