Birds of Ecuador - Coccyzus


Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) Sopetran, Antioquia, Colombia
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Northern migrant.


Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) Stony Brook, New York, USA Note red eye-ring.
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Migratory, and less common than Yellow-billed Cuckoo.


Pearly-breasted Cuckoo (Coccyzus euleri) REGUA, Cachoeiras de Macacu, RJ, Brazil Non-migratory, and very similar to migratory Yellow-billed Cuckoo, but no rufous on wings.
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Grey-capped Cuckoo (Coccyzus lansbergi) El Tambo, Santa Elena province, Ecuador
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Dark-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus melacoryphus) Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia
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