Black-billed Cuckoo

Black-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus erythropthalmus

• It is a cuckoo.

• She will find other bird's nest and lay her eggs in it.

• They family east of the Rockies along the edge of wooded areas.

• South America is their choice to migrate. 

• This cuckoo will occasionally be a visitor to Europe.

• Their nest can be found in shrubs or in a small tree, even found near the ground.

• These birds wander and feed in trees or shrubs. 

• They mostly eat insects, particularly tent caterpillars, but in addition they like some snails, berries and other birds eggs.

• Their call is a fast continual cuucuucuu

• Adults have a black beak and a tail that is long and brown. 

• The head and the upper parts of its body is brown and the breast underparts are white. 

• The eye has a red ring around it. 

• Youngsters are dull, and the ring around the eye is green.