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| Coccyzus erythropthalmus |
(Wilson, 1811) |
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Family: Cuculidae |
Order: Cuculiformes |
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Black-billed cuckoo |
Coulicou à bec noir |
Cuclillo piquinegro |
Schwarzschnabelkuckuck |
| Migration: intercontinental |
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migrates at night |
Migratory, moving at night through Mexico and Central America as late as Dec. Spring migration records at TV
towers, where nocturnal migrants are killed, in Florida, Apr - May; autumn migrants late Aug to late Oct.
Winters in W South America from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and N Peru to Bolivia, from lowlands to 2800
m near Quito, Ecuador; accidental in N Argentina, Paraguay and Trinidad. Also transatlantic vagrant in autumn
to W Europe. (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) |