Black-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus erythropthalmus (A Wilson, 1811) BLBCU 7270
Family: Cuculiformes > Cuculidae

An extremely rare autumn visitor, even rarer than Yellow-billed Cuckoo, this species has undergone a significant decline within its restricted North American breeding range.

Black-billed Cuckoos eat spiny caterpillars, the spines of which stick in the lining of the bird's stomach, so periodically the stomach lining is shed to remove the spines.

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  • Breeding
  • Winter
85 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
85 records

BTO RECORDS

85 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
85 records

BTO RECORDS

Identification

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about Black-billed Cuckoo, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

For information in another language (where available) click on a linked name

Catalan: cucut becnegre
Czech: kukacka cernozobá
Danish: Sortnæbbet Gøg
Dutch: Zwartsnavelkoekoek
Estonian: põhja-vihmakägu
Finnish: mississipinkäki
French: Coulicou à bec noir
German: Schwarzschnabelkuckuck
Hungarian: feketecsoru esokakukk
Icelandic: Regngaukur
Irish: Cuach Ghobdhubh
Italian: Cuculo occhirossi
Latvian: melnknabja dzeguze
Lithuanian: raudonake amerikine gegute
Norwegian: Svartnebbgjøk
Polish: kukawik czarnodzioby
Portuguese: papa-lagarta-de-bico-preto
Slovak: kukavka ciernozobá
Slovenian: crnokljuni kukavec
Spanish: Cuclillo piquinegro
Swedish: svartnäbbad regngök

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