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Please log in to edit this wiki.Joining All Birds Wiki is free, and it only takes a minute.We hope that you sign in, and become a member of the community!Click here to log in or create an account more + You can view and copy the source of this page: {{Taxobox | name = ''Coccyzus'' | image = BlackbilledCuckoo23.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = [[Black-billed Cuckoo]] (''Coccyzus erythropthalmus'') | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Cuculiformes]] | familia = [[Cuculidae]] | genus = '''''Coccyzus''''' | genus_authority = [[Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot|Vieillot]], 1816 | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = 13, see text | synonyms =''Hyetornis''<br /> ''Saurothera'' }} '''''Coccyzus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[cuckoo]]s which occur in the [[Americas]]. ==Species and taxonomy== The species in taxonomic order are: * [[Black-billed Cuckoo]], ''Coccyzus erythropthalmus'' * [[Yellow-billed Cuckoo]], ''Coccyzus americanus'' * [[Pearly-breasted Cuckoo]], ''Coccyzus euleri'' * [[Mangrove Cuckoo]] ''Coccyzus minor'' * [[Cocos Cuckoo]], ''Coccyzus ferrugineus'' * [[Dark-billed Cuckoo]], ''Coccyzus melacoryphus'' * [[Gray-capped Cuckoo]], ''Coccyzus lansbergi'' * [[Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo]], ''Coccyzus pluvialis'' * [[Bay-breasted Cuckoo]], ''Coccyzus rufigularis'' * [[Great Lizard Cuckoo]], ''Coccyzus merlini'' * [[Puerto Rican Lizard Cuckoo]], ''Coccyzus vieilloti'' * [[Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo]], ''Coccyzus vetula'' * [[Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo]], ''Coccyzus longirostris'' The genera ''Saurothera'' (the lizard cuckoos) and ''Hyetornis'' (Chestnut-bellied and Bay-breasted Cuckoos) were lumped with ''Coccyzus'' by the [[American Ornithologists' Union]] in 2006. On the other hand, the [[Ash-colored Cuckoo]] and [[Dwarf Cuckoo]] – at one time separated in ''Micrococcyx'' – have been found to be closest relatives of the [[Little Cuckoo]], formerly in ''[[Piaya]]''. These three are now again placed in the reinstated genus of the latter, ''[[Coccycua]]''. ==Description and ecology== These [[bird]]s are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs. Many have black and white undertail patterns. They occur in a variety of forests, woodlands or [[mangrove]]s. ''Coccyzus'' cuckoos, unlike many [[Old World]] species, build their own nests in trees and lay two or more eggs. [[Yellow-billed Cuckoo|Yellow-billed]] and [[Black-billed Cuckoo]]s occasionally lay [[egg (biology)|egg]]s in the nests of other birds, but are not obligate [[brood parasite]]s like the [[Common Cuckoo]] of Eurasia. Northern species such as Yellow-billed and Black-billed Cuckoos are strong [[bird migration|migrants]], wintering in [[Central America|Central]] or [[South America]], and occasionally wander to western [[Europe]] as rare vagrants, but the tropical ''Coccyzus'' cuckoos are mainly sedentary. These are vocal species when breeding, with persistent and loud calls. They feed on large [[insect]]s such as [[cicada]]s, [[wasp]]s and [[caterpillar]]s (including those with stinging hairs or spines which are distasteful to many birds). Lizard cuckoos are large and powerful species, and mainly take [[vertebrate]] prey, especially, as the name implies, [[lizard]]s. ==References==<!-- Systematics and Biodiversity4: 483–488 10.1017/S1477200006002052 --> *{{cite book | last = ffrench<!--this name should not be capitalized--> | first = Richard | title = A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago | edition = 2nd edition | year = 1991 | publisher = Comstock Publishing | isbn = 0-8014-9792-2 }} * Hilty, '' Birds of Venezuela'', ISBN 0-7136-6418-5 * Stiles and Skutch, ''A guide to the birds of Costa Rica'' ISBN 0-8014-9600-4 {{Project Bird Genera}} {{Wiki|{{PN}}}} Templates used on the current version of this page: Template:! 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