Cuckoos (Cuculidae)

Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) - HBW 4, p. 595

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.

Least Concern

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Showing Locality Saint-Adalbert, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 1 July 2012 46 weeks ago 4.5
Single bird on a tree Locality Villahermosa, Tabasco State, Mexico (Southern)
rchavezdm 14 May 2012 1 year ago 4.2
Bird photographed at east end of Magee Marsh Boardwalk during spring migration ("Biggest Week in American Birding") Locality Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, Ohio, USA (United States)
Tom Moxley 9 May 2012 1 year ago 3.5
Carrying nesting material Locality New Jersey, USA (United States)
Erik Breden 1 June 1978 3 years ago 3
Individual high in a tree. Locality Point Pelee National Park, Leamington, Ontario, Canada
Miriam Bauman 15 May 2010 1 year ago 2.8