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Mangrove Cuckoo
Coccyzus minor
Audubon Illustration
John James Audubon, Birds of America (1827-1838). Public domain.
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About the Mangrove Cuckoo
The mangrove cuckoo (Coccyzus minor) is a species of cuckoo that is native to the Neotropics.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Coccyzus minor
- Family
- Cuckoos
- Order
- Cuculiformes
Similar species
Other members of the cuckoos family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Squirrel-Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Lesser Ground-Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus
- Lesser Roadrunner Geococcyx velox
- Mexican Squirrel-Cuckoo Piaya mexicana
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
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