Black Billed Cuckoo

by | Feb 6, 2019 | Cuckoo

Species of cuckoo The black-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) is a New World species in the Cuculidae (cuckoo) family. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus name, kokkuzo, means to call like a common cuckoo, and erythropthalmus is from eruthros,...

Yellow Billed Cuckoo

by | Feb 6, 2019 | Cuckoo

Species of bird "Storm crow" redirects here. Not to be confused with Stormcrow. The yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) is a member of the cuckoo family. Common folk names for this bird in the southern United States are rain crow and storm crow. These likely...