Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
Overview
The yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) is a member of the cuckoo family. Common folk names for this bird in the southern United States are rain crow and storm crow. These likely refer to the bird's habit of calling on hot days, often presaging rain showers or thunderstorms. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek kokkuzo, which means to call like a common cuckoo, and americanus means "of America".
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Range and habitat
Breeds Canada to Mexico and West Indies; winters to northern Argentina.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Continents
Countries
- Argentina
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- French Guiana
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Ireland
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Spain
- Suriname
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United States
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Yellow-billed cuckoo
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.