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Yellow-billed Cuckoo - (Coccyzus americanus) Audio
Identification
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Medium size
- Brown above, white below
- Fairly long, straight bill, yellow
lower mandible - Long tail with white spots below
- Rufous outer wing color (visible in flight)
- 11" (28 cm.)
Habitat
Additional Information
- Fairly common migrant and
summer resident - Wisconsin species of special concern
- Population in decline
- Secretive, more often heard than seen
- Breeding onset tied to food supply of
caterpillars
| ![Yellow-billed Cuckoo (photo by Jack Bartholmai) Yellow-billed Cuckoo on branch, pine cones in background](/Images/Birds/YellowbilledCuckoo_500_Bart.jpg)
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