Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 11,133
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) is a member of the cuckoo family. Common folk names for this bird in the southern United States are rain crow and storm crow. These likely refer to the bird's habit of calling on hot days, often presaging rain showers or thunderstorms. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek kokkuzo, which means to call like a common cuckoo, and americanus means "of America".
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Yellow-billed cuckoo”.