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Coccyzus americanus |
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Family: Cuculidae |
Order: Cuculiformes |
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Yellow-billed cuckoo |
Coulicou à bec jaune |
Cuclillo piquigualdo |
Gelbschnabelkuckuck |
Migration: intercontinental |
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migrates at night |
Migratory, at night. Over-water flight in autumn of 2000-3000 km to West Indies, from where it moves further
S, or 4000-km direct flight from breeding range to mainland of South America; also migrates overland, where
records in Panama Sept-Nov and Apr. Rare in S Florida in winter; seasonal in Greater Antilles, where not seen
Dec - Feb. Northbound migrants appear in Florida through May and into Jun, and possible southbound migrants
appear by early Sept; in Netherlands Antilles, main autumn passage mid Oct to early Nov. Winters in South
America E of Andes, from Colombia and Venezuela to Brazil ( Mato Grosso), Uruguay and N Argentina; rare in
Central America, and in the Guianas occurs mainly during passage periods ( Oct, Nov, April). Remains in spring
as late as early Jun in Surinam. Transatlantic vagrant in autumn to Greenland, W Europe, Morocco,
Azores. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1997)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1997) - www.hbw.com,
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(Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |