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Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Dark-billed CuckooCoccyzus melacoryphus
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 336,329 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 151,308 |
| Ontario | 117,371 |
| New York | 72,279 |
| Michigan | 43,457 |
| Quebec | 26,064 |
| Wisconsin | 23,079 |
| Massachusetts | 21,113 |
| Pennsylvania | 20,253 |
| Ohio | 18,383 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Invertebrate eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating invertebrates.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Platform nestingListed by a harvested source as building platform nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Brood-parasite hostListed by a harvested source as a host of brood parasites.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Cuckoos · Cuculiformes |
| Family | Cuckoos · Cuculidae |
| Genus | Coccyzus Cuckoos · Coccyzus |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of Bogota Capital District, Colombia
- Birds of British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of United States
- Birds of Utah
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Black-billed Cuckoo with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.