- Dark-billed Cuckoo
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Dark-billed Cuckoo 
Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Cuculiformes Family: Cuculidae Genus: Coccyzus Species: C. melacoryphus Binomial name Coccyzus melacoryphus
Vieillot, 1817The Dark-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus melacoryphus) is a species of bird in the Cuculidae family, the cuckoos.
It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela. It has occurred as a vagrant in northern Chile, the Falkland Islands and Grenada.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Coccyzus melacoryphus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
External links
- Dark-billed Cuckoo videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Dark-billed Cuckoo photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res
- Photo-High Res; Article geometer–"Brazil Birds"
Categories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Coccyzus
- Birds of the Guianas
- Birds of the Amazon Basin
- Birds of Marajó Island
- Birds of the Cerrado
- Birds of the Caatinga
- Birds of the Pantanal
- Birds of South America
- Cuculiformes stubs
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