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Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus americanus

Photo by AshleyT
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Field Notes

Description:

Brown back, white belly, and mostly yellow bill.

Habitat:

Very odd for this species to be sitting out in the open, calling away. Desert-scrub area near a pond, this guy was just sitting on a telephone wire.

Reference Links:

Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithol…

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