黑嘴美洲鹃

分类位置

同属物种

栗胸鹃

Bay-breasted Cuckoo

栗腹鹃

Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo

可岛美洲鹃

Cocos Cuckoo

暗嘴美洲鹃

Dark-billed Cuckoo

大蜥鹃

Great Lizard Cuckoo

灰顶美洲鹃

Grey-capped Cuckoo

形态与习性

The black-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) is a New World species in the Cuculidae (cuckoo) family. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus name, kokkuzo, means to call like a common cuckoo, and erythropthalmus is from eruthros, "red" and ophthalmos, "eye". It is very similar and overlaps in range with the closely related yellow-billed cuckoo. A distinguishing characteristic of the family Cuculidae is laying eggs in the nests of other birds. Although many cuckoos are obligat