Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCuculiformes (Cuckoos)
- FamilyCuculidae (Cuckoos)
- GenusCoccyzus (Coccyzus Cuckoos)
- SpeciesCoccyzus americanus (Yellow-billed Cuckoo)
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". Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-billed Cuckoo sighting in Madidi National Park, based on 6 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Madidi National Park
Dark-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus melacoryphus
Ash-colored Cuckoo
Coccyzus cinereus
Squirrel Cuckoo
Piaya cayana
Smooth-billed Ani
Crotophaga ani
Greater Ani
Crotophaga major
Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo
Neomorphus geoffroyi
Striped Cuckoo
Tapera naevia
Pavonine Cuckoo
Dromococcyx pavoninus
Little Cuckoo
Piaya minuta
Guira Cuckoo
Guira guira
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-billed Cuckoo in Madidi National Park?
About 1% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-billed Cuckoo sighting in Madidi National Park, based on 6 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Yellow-billed Cuckoo in Madidi National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Yellow-billed Cuckoo in Madidi National Park in our monthly data.