Yellow Billed Cuckoo sitting in a tree

Yellow-Billed Cuckoo

Yellow-Billed Cuckoo

The Yellow-Billed Cuckoo’s latin name is Coccyzus americanus. They live in North America. The preferred Yellow Billed Cuckoo habitat is forested stream-sides, cottonwoods, willows, and open woodlands. The Yellow-Billed Cuckoo (also called the Western Yellow Billed Cuckoo) breeds in the summer. They migrate to South America in the winter. Their population status is of least concern. The Yellow Billed Cuckoo sound is a unique repetitive clucking noise that is a sure clue to identification.

The Yellow Billed Cuckoo call sounds like a hollow, hoarse, two-syllabled tee-oo, tee-oo, tee-oo in a series and a mechanical-sounding kik-kik-kik-kik-kaKOW, kaKOW. The Yellow-Billed Cuckoo bird can be found at Coal Creek Farm all throughout the summer. Their diet consists of large insects, especially caterpillars. They also eat lizards, frogs, eggs, and occasionally young birds. They are also known as the rain crow and the storm crow. Is the Yellow Billed Cuckoo endangered? The answer is yes – because of habitat degradation, pesticide use and predators.

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