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Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis8 Bird Species
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Black-billed CuckooThis species is distinguished from the other two cuckoo species in North America by its all-dark bill, the small white tips on the tail feathers, and, at close range, by its red eye ring. The upperparts are dull gray-brown, with a slight olive cast. The underparts are dull white. Juvenile: Similar to more... Length: 28 cm Wingspan: 38 cm |
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Common CuckooLarge, slender, long-tailed Old World Cuckoo with gray upperparts and black barring on belly. Slender dark bill with yellow base and yellow orbital ring. Male: Grayish upperparts, darkest on wings, with a paler gray throat and breast and whitish belly. Dark barring on belly with faint barring on unde more... Length: 33 cm Wingspan: 73 cm |
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Greater RoadrunnerDistinctively shaped, with long tail, long stocky legs, ragged crest, and relatively long bill. Adult is streaky brown, black, and buffy overall, with black tail and flight feathers, well-defined streaks on neck, blackish crest, and patches of blue and red bare skin behind eye. Sexes are similar. more... Length: 58 cm Wingspan: 57 cm |
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Groove-billed AniA lanky, large-billed, glossy-black bird of Southern Texas. Adult is iridescent black overall, with long tail, short wings, and bare skin around eye. Bill is very deep; upper mandible is almost level with top of head, curving down to meet lower mandible. Namesake grooves on bill usually distinguish f more... Length: 34 cm Wingspan: 43 cm |
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Mangrove CuckooSimilar to Yellow-billed Cuckoo; occupies mangroves of Southern Florida. Adult has plain dark brown upperparts, clean buffy underparts, long tail with white spots on black underside, black face mask, and thick, slightly decurved bill, with yellow lower mandible and black upper mandible. Yellow-billed more... Length: 30 cm Wingspan: 43 cm |
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Oriental CuckooA slender Old World Cuckoo with pointed wings and a long, rounded tail. Male: Gray back and head with pale whitish-gray throat and breast. Dark eye with yellow eye-ring. Black, decurved bill with yellow base. White belly with grayish-black barring. Buffy undertail coverts. Black wings and tail. Gray more... Length: 32 cm Wingspan: 71 cm |
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Smooth-billed AniThis species is very similar to Groove-billed Ani. The presence or lack of grooves on the bill are not reliable field marks for separating the two. Differences in vocalizations and the shape of the lower mandible are far more reliable. Shiny black overall, with a long floppy tail, thick bill, and bar more... Length: 30 cm Wingspan: 43 cm |
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Yellow-billed CuckooThis fairly large, lanky woodland bird has white underparts, plain brown upperparts, and a long decurved bill with a mostly yellow lower mandible. The underside of its long tail is dark gray to black with several pairs of oval-shaped white spots. The face features a blackish mask through the eye and more... Length: 30 cm Wingspan: 46 cm |
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Black-billed Cuckoo
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Common Cuckoo
4 Photographs -
Greater Roadrunner
11 Photographs -
Groove-billed Ani
5 Photographs -
Mangrove Cuckoo
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Oriental Cuckoo
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Smooth-billed Ani
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo
3 Photographs
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Non-vegetated Areas0 species |
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Salt Water0 species |
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Human-altered Areas |
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Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Fresh Water |
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Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris |
Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor |
Mangroves |
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Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani |
Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts |
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Grassland and Scrubland |
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Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Common CuckooCuculus canorus |
Open Country and Grasslands |
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Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris |
Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani |
Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts |
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Forest and Woodlands |
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Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus |
Boreal Forest |
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Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus |
Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
