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WoodlandPlatform nestSmall · 50 g
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The dark-billed cuckoo is 25 to 28 cm (9.8 to 11.0 in) long, about half of which is the tail. Males weigh about 42 to 54 g (1.5 to 1.9 oz) and females about 50 to 66 g (1.8 to 2.3 oz). Males and females have the same plumage. They have a gray crown and nape and grayish brown upperparts. Their wings are a darker grayish brown with no rufous. The upper surface of their tail is brown; the underside of the central pair of feathers is brown with black tips, the next pair blackish with narrow white tips, and the rest black with wide white tips. Voice: The dark-billed cuckoo's song is variously described as "six to eight resonant, buzzy kazoo-like notes" and "a ventriloquial ga-ga-ga-go-go." Another vocalization is "a descending series of guttural notes" that may also be a song. It makes "a dry-sounding buzz...dddddrr" call.
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When to see the Dark-billed Cuckoo
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Dark-billed Cuckoo
The map shades 14 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in United States, Chile.
About the Dark-billed Cuckoo
The dark-billed cuckoo is a species of bird in the tribe Phaenicophaeini, subfamily Cuculinae of the cuckoo family Cuculidae. It is regularly found in every mainland South American country except Chile plus the Galápagos Islands. It has also occurred as a vagrant in Chile and several other countries and islands.
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Easily confused with
Great Lizard CuckooCoccyzus merliniThe great lizard cuckoo is the largest species in genus Coccyzus.
Puerto Rican Lizard CuckooCoccyzus vieillotiThe Puerto Rican lizard cuckoo is 40 to 48 cm (16 to 19 in) long, about half of which is the tail.
Hispaniolan Lizard CuckooCoccyzus longirostrisThe Hispaniolan lizard cuckoo is 41 to 46 cm (16 to 18 in) long, about half of which is the tail.
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