Cuckoos (Cuculidae) - HBW 4

Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus)

French: Coulicou à bec noir German: Schwarzschnabelkuckuck Spanish: Cuclillo Piquinegro

Taxonomy: Cuculus erythropthalma Wilson, 1811, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Emendation of scientific name to “erythrophthalmus” is unjustified. Monotypic.

Distribution: SC & SE Canada to SC & SE USA. Winters in NW & WC South America.