Yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)

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Cuckoos are known worldwide for their bizarre haunts and habits, and the yellow-billed cuckoos is no exception. Unfortunately, the future of the yellow-billed cuckoo is uncertain. Populations are declining precipitously throughout its distribution. Western populations have suffered severe range contractions during the twentieth century and are already extirpated from British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. The western subspecies was finally deemed a distinct population segment and was granted protection as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in October 2014. Immediate conservation intervention is essential to ensure that this species continues to be heard calling among western cottonwoods. This species account for the yellow-billed cuckoo provides the known information about the bird's life history, including its distribution, migration, habitat, food habits, sounds, behavior, and breeding. Also included are discussions about conservation and management and priorities for future research.

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Location: This record is to a revised version, which is online only; a note is also posted in ELECTRONIC FILES - Zoology

Suggested citation: Hughes, Janice M. 2015. Yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/418 doi:10.2173/bna.418.

SWAP (2/19/2016) citation: Hughes JM. 2015. Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus). The Birds of North America Online. (A. Poole, editor). Ithaca (NY): Cornell Lab of Ornithology. [revised 2015 May 07; accessed 2016 Feb 02]. http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/418