Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758) YEBCU 7280
Family: Cuculiformes > Cuculidae

Yellow-billed Cuckoo is a rare autumn visitor to Britain & Ireland, with most records coming from the south-west in October.

Like the European Cuckoo, this North American species is a nest parasite, each chick fledging roughly 17 days after the egg it hatched from was laid.

Select a topic for more facts and statistics about the Yellow-billed Cuckoo

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

BTO RECORDS

138 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
138 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 Yellow-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.

BIOMETRICS

Sample sizes are too small to report Biometrics for this species.

Feather measurements and photos on featherbase

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

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

Welsh: Cog Bigfelen
Catalan: cucut becgroc
Czech: kukacka deštová
Danish: Gulnæbbet Gøg
Dutch: Geelsnavelkoekoek
Estonian: vihmakägu
Finnish: amerikankäki
French: Coulicou à bec jaune
German: Gelbschnabelkuckuck
Hungarian: sárgacsoru esokakukk
Icelandic: Spágaukur
Irish: Cuach Ghob-Bhuí
Italian: Cuculo americano
Latvian: dzeltenknabja dzeguze
Lithuanian: geltonsnape amerikine gegute
Norwegian: Gulnebbgjøk
Polish: kukawik zóltodzioby
Portuguese: papa-lagarta-de-asa-vermelha
Slovak: kukavka daždová
Slovenian: rumenokljuni kukavec
Spanish: Cuclillo piquigualdo
Swedish: gulnäbbad regngök

Links to more studies from ConservationEvidence.com

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