Black-billed Cuckoo
(Coccyzus erythropthalmus)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | LC - Least Concern |
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| NatureServe | N5B - Secure Breeding SNRB - Unranked Breeding |
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| Minnesota | not listed Species in Greatest Conservation Need |
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Description |
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Size |
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11″ to 13″ in length 17½″ wingspan |
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Voice |
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A fast cu-cu-cu or cu-cu-cu-cu-cu, repeated many times. |
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Habitat |
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Dense woodlands; shrubby areas and thickets adjacent to open areas |
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Biology |
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Migration |
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Early May to early October |
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Distribution |
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Occurrence |
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Uncommon migrant and breeder |
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The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
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Taxonomy |
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| Class | Aves (birds) | ||
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Cuculiformes (Cuckoos) | ||
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Cuculidae (Anis, Cuckoos, Roadrunners) | ||
| Subfamily | Coccyzinae (American cuckoos) | ||
Genus |
Coccyzus (spotted-tailed cuckoos) | ||
Synonyms |
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Caprimulgus minor |
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Dan W. Andree |
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Black-billed Cuckoo... I came across this Black-billed Cuckoo in June 2020 on a trail that went through an area of mixed woods that contained occasional small meadows and brush areas located in rural Norman County, Mn. Managed to get some nice video of it. I filmed it making some sounds and it also was preening its feathers at times. The first time I heard it make some sounds without seeing it I had no idea what it was and first thought … Is that some weird kind of frog in the brush? When I finally got a look at it I thought … Oh, it’s not a frog it is you Black-billed Cuckoo … What a nice surprise...😊 I had seen Black-billed Cuckoo’s every once in a while in the woodlands along that trail but never got a real good close look at one until this season. Neat bird. |
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Black-billed Cuckoo... While out in the woods near a creek in rural Norman co. Mn. I happened to notice a bird flying through the trees landing briefly. It turned out to be a Black-billed Cuckoo. Interesting bird with red around the eye area. |
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Dan W. Andree |
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| "Black Billed Cuckoo" - Late Spring - 2020 - 1080p. from 4k Feb 1, 2021 |
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Kind of sounded like a frog...I heard a sound coming from behind some dense foliage and thought it sounded like some kind of frog but I wasn't sure. I snuck around to get a glimpse and found it to be a Black-billed Cuckoo preening itself. It was a real windy day, but the dense woodlands seemed to shelter the brunt of it. I wasn't prepared....no wind muff or even external mic, but just went with what I had. Nature is pretty unpredictable and you can be out just doing some photography and something unexpected shows up that would be more interesting shot in video. I wanted to share the sight and sound of the Black-billed cuckoo as it is something one doesn't see or hear every day. ...Hope you enjoy this. |
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Other Videos |
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| Black-billed cuckoo - Coccyzus erythropthalmus Stoil Ivanov |
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Published on Dec 14, 2017 Black-billed cuckoo ( Coccyzus erythropthalmus ) 6-13-2016 Goose Lake Prairie Rare bird in Illinois .This is one of the few reliable places to see it. |
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| Coccyzus erythropthalmus BLACK BILLED CUCKOO Rob Curtis |
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Published on Jun 5, 2019 Coccyzus erythropthalmus BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO at Montrose Point, Chicago, May 2019 |
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| Dan W. Andree June 2020 |
Location: rural Norman Co., Mn. I came across this Black-billed Cuckoo in June 2020 on a trail that went through an area of mixed woods that contained occasional small meadows and brush areas located in rural Norman County, Mn. Managed to get some nice video of it. I filmed it making some sounds and it also was preening its feathers at times. The first time I heard it make some sounds without seeing it I had no idea what it was and first thought … Is that some weird kind of frog in the brush? When I finally got a look at it I thought … Oh, it’s not a frog it is you Black-billed Cuckoo … What a nice surprise...😊 I had seen Black-billed Cuckoo’s every once in a while in the woodlands along that trail but never got a real good close look at one until this season. Neat bird. |
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| Dan W. Andree 6/14/2019 |
Location: rural Norman Co., Mn. While out in the woods near a creek in rural Norman co. Mn. I happened to notice a bird flying through the trees landing briefly. It turned out to be a Black-billed Cuckoo. Interesting bird with red around the eye area. |
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Created: 6/8/2019
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