Coccyzidae was a family of birds comprising 18 new world cuckoos, ranging from Canada to Argentina. The family consists of the genera Coccyzus, Coccyua, and Piaya. [1] This family is today typically subsumed within Cuculidae, e.g. by the International Ornithological Committee (IOC).[2]
| Coccyzidae | |
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| Coccyzus americanus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Genus: | Coccyzidae |
Of those whose habits are known, their main diet is insects. They tend to nest in trees and can lay up to 7 eggs (Coccyzus) although Saurothura only lays 2–3. Only one of the family, the Black-billed cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus (Wilson), is known to be a brood parasite.
Both the yellow-billed cuckoo and the black-billed cuckoo are vagrants to Europe.[3]
References edit
- ^ del Hoyo, J.; et al., eds. (1997). Handbook of the Birds of the World vol. 4. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Turacos, bustards, cuckoos, mesites, sandgrouse". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ The Birds of the Western Palearctic [Abridged]. OUP. 1997. ISBN 0-19-854099-X.
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