Coccyzus erythropthalmus
(L 11-11.5")
Elusive bird...serious decline in No.
Amer. most likely to use of pesticides
on caterpillars, its major food source.
The cuckoo builds not for himself.
(William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra)
Coccyzus is Latinized Greek
for cuckoo; erythropthalmus
is Greek for red eye.
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Chapman
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