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Dark billed cuckoo

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Genus
  
Coccyzus

Higher classification
  
Coccyzus

Order
  
Cuculiformes

Family
  
Cuculidae

Scientific name
  
Coccyzus melacoryphus

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Coccyzus, Striped cuckoo, Ash‑colored cuckoo, Greater ani, Pearly‑breasted cuckoo

Nest of dark billed cuckoo coccyzus melacoryphus


The dark-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus melacoryphus) is a species of bird in the Cuculidae family, the cuckoos.

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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.

Dark billed cuckoo


References

Dark-billed cuckoo Wikipedia