Dark-billed cuckoo
The dark-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus melacoryphus) is a species of bird in the family Cuculidae, the cuckoos.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Coccyzus |
| Species: | C. melacoryphus |
| Binomial name | |
| Coccyzus melacoryphus Vieillot, 1817 | |
In the Galápagos Islands
It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela. It has occurred as a vagrant in northern Chile, the Falkland Islands, Grenada, and Florida.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and heavily degraded former forest.
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Coccyzus melacoryphus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
External links
- Dark-billed Cuckoo videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Dark-billed Cuckoo photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res
- Photo-High Res; Article geometer–"Brazil Birds"
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