Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus americanus

Introduction

Yellow-billed Cuckoo is a rare autumn visitor to Britain & Ireland, with most records coming from the south-west in October.

Like the European Cuckoo, this North American species is a nest parasite, each chick fledging roughly 17 days after the egg it hatched from was laid.

Key Stats

Status

Very rare

Weight

63.8g

Seasonality

BTO Records

138 records

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Status and Trends

Population size, trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO and partnership surveys and atlasses with data collected by BTO volunteers.

Conservation Status

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This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (global)

Least Concern

Schedule 1 Licence required (to disturb)*

Birds Directive Annex 1

* A guide only. Check details with the original legislation, especially those marked with an asterisk. See About Birdfacts for more information.

Population Size

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BOU Category

Source

First Record*

Pembroke, 1832 (Cork, 1825)

* First documented occurrence. Most species undoubtedly occurred before this. See About Birdfacts for more information.

Population Change

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Population trends of this scarce species are not routinely monitored.

Distribution

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This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution.

Distribution Change

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This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution change.

Seasonality

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This species has been too rarely reported to BirdTrack during 2011–22 to properly assess seasonality.

Movement

Information about Yellow-billed Cuckoo movements and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

Britain & Ireland movement

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View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report

European movements

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EuroBirdPortal uses birdwatcher's records, such as those logged in BirdTrack to map the flows of birds as they arrive and depart Europe. See maps for this species here.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information for Yellow-billed Cuckoo, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

Survival and Longevity

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Survival is shown as the proportion of birds surviving from one year to the next and is derived from bird ringing data. It can also be used to estimate how long birds typically live.

Classification, names and codes

Taxonomy, names and species codes for Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Classification and Codes

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Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Scientific name: Coccyzus americanus
Authority: Linnaeus, 1758

BTO 5-letter code: YEBCU
Euring code number: 7280

Alternate species names

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Catalan: cucut becgroc
Czech: kukacka deštová
Danish: Gulnæbbet Gøg
Dutch: Geelsnavelkoekoek
Estonian: vihmakägu
Finnish: amerikankäki
French: Coulicou à bec jaune

German: Gelbschnabelkuckuck
Hungarian: sárgacsoru esokakukk
Icelandic: Spágaukur
Irish: Cuach Ghob-Bhuí
Italian: Cuculo americano
Latvian: dzeltenknabja dzeguze
Lithuanian: geltonsnape amerikine gegute
Norwegian: Gulnebbgjøk

Polish: kukawik zóltodzioby
Portuguese: papa-lagarta-de-asa-vermelha
Slovak: kukavka daždová
Slovenian: rumenokljuni kukavec
Spanish: Cuclillo piquigualdo
Swedish: gulnäbbad regngök
Welsh: Cog Bigfelen

More Evidence

More evidence from Conservation Evidence.com

Partners

Birdfacts is based on data collected by volunteers participating in surveys that are organised and funded by BTO, RSPB, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, JNCC and other partners.

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