Birds of Costa Rica

    CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae (Cuckoos)  
Genus: Coccyzus (4 species, 13 worldwide)


Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
Sopetran, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Northern migrant.

Black-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus)
Stony Brook, New York, USA
  Note red eye-ring.
   
Photograph by Wolfgang Wander     Copyright and usage info

Migratory, and less common than Yellow-billed Cuckoo.

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Cocos Cuckoo (Coccyzus ferrugineus) Vulnerable ENDEMIC
   


Found only on Isla Cocos in the Pacific.

Mangrove Cuckoo
Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor)
Cuba  
   
Photograph by Dave Curtis     Copyright and usage info

Secretive and local in mangrove habitats. Note black mask and off-white belly.


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