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| Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus [Linnaeus, 1758] | |
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Order:
Cuculiformes
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Family: Cuculidae |
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BTO Codes:
, YEBCU
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EURING No: 7280 | |
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Number in Britain:
1 record/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
30 cm
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Wingspan: 44 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 64 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: kokkuzo=to cry cuckoo and after America |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: c&s North America, WINTERS: South America |
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Habitat:
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Forest, open woodland, towns |
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Diet:
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Large insects, esp caterpillars, grasshoppers, cicadas |
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TitBit:
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The young of these cuckoos develop incredibly quickly - the entire period from egg laying to fledgling leaving (their own) nest lasts only 17 days with nestlings becoming fully feathered in two hours on day 6 or 7 |
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| Records and Distribution | |
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First Record:
Pembroke, 1832
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Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
37
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
September to November
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Argyll
(1969),
Angus & Dundee
(1953),
Highland
(1970),
Moray & Nairn
(1953),
Orkney
(1991),
Shetland
(1952),
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North-east England:
Northumberland
(1995),
East Yorkshire
(1978),
North Yorkshire
(1953),
South Yorkshire
(1981),
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North-west England:
No Records
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English Midlands:
No Records
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Eastern England:
Bedfordshire
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Lincolnshire
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Suffolk
(1989),
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South-east England:
Hampshire
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Isle of Wight
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Surrey
(1991),
East Sussex
(1952),
West Sussex
(1960),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(2000),
Devon
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Dorset
(1991),
Somerset
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Isles of Scilly
(2004),
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Wales:
Anglesey
(1899),
Ceredigion
(1870),
Pembrokeshire
(1832),
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| Other Names | |
| Gaelic: | Welsh: Cog Bigfelen |
| Danish: Gulnćbbet gřg | Dutch: Geelsnavelkoekoek |
| Finnish: Keltanokkakäki | French: Coulicou ŕ bec jaune |
| German: Gelbschnabelkuckuck | Hungarian: Sárgacsoru esokakukk |
| Icelandic: Spágaukur | Irish: Cuach Ghob-Bhuí |
| Italian: Cuculo americano | Norwegian: Gulnebbgjřk |
| Polish: Kukawik zóltodzioby | Portuguese: Cuco-de-bico-amarelo |
| Spanish: Cuco piquigualdo | Swedish: Gulnäbbad regngök |
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| For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| Payne, R.B. 2005 The Cuckoos Oxford University Press [598.62 PAY] |
| See Also: |
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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Wikipedia entry
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides.com
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Find papers on Google Scholar
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