Yellow-billed Cuckoo Images

Yellow-billed Cuckoo Images, Facts and Information:

Coccyzus americanus

• Yellow-billed Cuckoos are slender, long-tailed birds with a curved black and yellow bill, reddish-brown wings, gray-brown back, and white belly. Their tail feathers are black with large white spots.
• Yellow-billed Cuckoos are migratory, breeding in eastern North America and wintering in South America. They arrive in their breeding grounds in late May and depart by late September.
• Yellow-billed Cuckoos prefer open woodlands, parks, orchards, and deciduous forests near water sources like streams, marshes, or swamps.
• Yellow-billed Cuckoos eat insects, especially hairy caterpillars, as well as fruits, seeds, and tree frogs. They are known for their ability to eat toxic caterpillars that other birds avoid.
• Yellow-billed Cuckoos lay 2-5 which hatch in 12 days. Both sexes incubate and they are monogamous.
• Yellow-billed Cuckoos are sometimes called “rain crows” or “storm crows” because their distinctive calls often increase before rain.
• A group of cuckoos is known as a “cooch” or “asylum” of cuckoos.
• The oldest known Yellow-billed Cuckoo was at least 6 years and 11 months old.

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