Dark-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus melacoryphusVieillot, LJP, 1817
English (US) Dark-billed Cuckoo
The Dark-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus melacoryphus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cuculidae (Cuckoos) in the order Cuculiformes.
Range: Venezuela to the Guianas, Brazil, northern Argentina, and GalapagosRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Coccyzus melacoryphus
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Dark-billed Cuckoo
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1817
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1817
- Type locality
- Paraguay.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 8 p.271
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Coccycua minuta
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Coccycua pumila
Ash-Coloured Cuckoo
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Common Squirrel Cuckoo
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Mexican Squirrel Cuckoo
Piaya mexicana
Black-bellied Cuckoo
Piaya melanogaster
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
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Pearly-breasted Cuckoo
Coccyzus euleri
Mangrove Cuckoo
Coccyzus minor
Cocos Cuckoo
Coccyzus ferrugineus
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Grey-capped Cuckoo
Coccyzus lansbergi
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