Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
A slender, long-tailed cuckoo of wooded thickets, orchards, and riparian forests, often staying hidden in leafy cover. It moves quietly through branches and makes direct, swift flights when crossing openings or pursuing prey. Its diet is dominated by large insects, especially hairy caterpillars, along with katydids, cicadas, small frogs, lizards, eggs, and occasional fruit. A notable trait is its rapid breeding cycle, with chicks developing fast enough to leave the nest within about a week after hatching.
- Type
- Wing
- Conservation status
- LC
Growth chain
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Hatchling
- ?
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo