Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
(L 12" WS 17.5" Wt 1.8 oz)
Threatened by pesticides on
caterpillars...frequently killed by
tall structures during migration..
caterpillars...frequently killed by
tall structures during migration..
Magee Marsh
Ohio
15May2013
High priority concern on Audubon
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...populations seem to be declining.
When you hear them cuckoos hollerin‘
Sign of rain, buddy, it’s a sign of rain.
(Joan Baez)
Coccyzus is Latinized Greek
cuckoo; erythropthalmus is
Greek for red eye.
cuckoo; erythropthalmus is
Greek for red eye.
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