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Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Cuclillo Piquinegro,
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Photo: S. Bentsen
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Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Cuclillo Piquinegro,
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Photo: S. Bentsen
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A long-tailed forest bird with an all-black bill and a red eye ring; it lacks the black mask over the eye that is found on the common Mangrove Cuckoo. Length: 28-31 cm.; weight: 45-55 g. Breeds in eastern North America and winters in South America. Rare migrant in coastal and dry forest on Puerto Rico. TAXONOMY: CUCULIFORMES; CUCULIDAE; Coccyzinae References Arendt, W.J. 1992. Status of North American migrant landbirds in the Caribbean region: a summary. Pp. 143-171 in Ecology and conservation of neotropical migrant landbirds (J.M. Hagan III and D.W. Johnston, eds.) Smithsonian Instit. Press, Washington, D.C. Bent, A.C. 1940. Life histories of North American cuckoos, goatsuckers, hummingbirds and their allies. Smithsonian Instit. U.S. National Museum Bull. 176. del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, eds. 1998. Handbook of Birds of the World, Vol. 4. Sandgrouse to cuckoos. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Ehrlich, P.R., D.S. Dobkin, and D. Wheye. 1988. The birderÆs handbook: a field guide to the natural history of North American birds. Simon and Schuster/ Fireside, NY. Hughes, J. M. 2001. Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus). No. 587 in The Birds of North America (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. A guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Princeton. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. Una guía a las aves de Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes. Publishing Resources, Inc., Santurce, PR. Raffaele, H.A., J.W. Wiley, O.H. Garrido, A.R. Keith, and J.I. Raffaele. 1998. Guide to the birds of the West Indies. Princeton. Black-billed Cuckoo, Spanish text Next related species in taxonomic order Previous species in taxonomic order |