Coccyzus
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Mangrove cuckoo ( Coccyzus minor ) |
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Coccyzus is a genus of the subfamily of Cozzyzinae in the family of cuckoos .
Distribution and characteristics
Representatives of the genus Coccyzus are common in America . They have slender bodies and long tails, many with a black and white undertail pattern. They occur in a large number of (mangrove) forests.
Coccyzus , unlike many Old World species , build their own nests in trees, mostly on smaller trees or the deeper branches of larger trees.
Eggs are usually bluish white to light green in color, with yellow or white clouds; 2–3 cm in diameter. Eggs from Coccyzus einereus are white.
The northern species yellow-billed cuckoo and black- billed cuckoo occasionally lay eggs in the nests of other birds, but are not obligatory breeding parasites like the common cuckoo from Eurasia. These cuckoos are full migratory birds and overwinter in Central or South America. During their migration they occasionally make their way to Western Europe as a stray visitor , whereas the tropical Coccyzus species are predominantly resident birds .
Systematics
The genus currently includes 13 species. In 2006, the American Ornithologists' Union merged the 4 species of the genus Saurothera and 2 species of Hyetornis with Coccyzus . The German names follow Avibase.
- Yellow-billed cuckoo ( Coccyzus americanus )
- Black- billed cuckoo ( Coccyzus erythropthalmus )
- Pearl breasted cuckoo ( Coccyzus euleri )
- Coconut cuckoo ( Coccyzus ferrugineus )
- Lansberg cuckoo ( Coccyzus lansbergi )
- Shark cuckoo ( Coccyzus longirostris )
- Little Mangrove Cuckoo ( Coccyzus melacoryphus )
- Lizard cuckoo ( Coccyzus merlini )
- Mangrove cuckoo ( Coccyzus minor )
- Rain Cuckoo ( Coccyzus pluvialis )
- Dominican Cuckoo ( Coccyzus rufigularis )
- Jamaican Cuckoo ( Coccyzus vetula )
- Puerto Rican Cuckoo ( Coccyzus vieilloti )
Web links
literature
- Henry Nehrling, Robert Ridgway: The North American birds / by Henry Nehrling ... Under the artistic collaboration of Prof. Robert Ridgway ... Prof. A. Goering ... and academy painter Gustav Mützel ... . Milwaukee, Wis. :G. Brumber, 1891. OCLC: 4572418 doi : 10.5962 / bhl.title.14176 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49569
- Nehrkorn, Adolph: Catalog of the egg collection, together with a description of the non-European eggs . R. Friedländer & Sohn, Berlin 1910. 2nd edition. doi : 10.5962 / bhl.title.7497 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31739
- Robert Ridgway: A manual of North American birds . Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1887, doi : 10.5962 / bhl.title.28313 , http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/70999