Dark-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus melacoryphus)
About the Dark-billed Cuckoo
The dark-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus melacoryphus) is a species of bird in the tribe Phaenicophaeini, subfamily Cuculinae of the cuckoo family Cuculidae. It is regularly found in every mainland South American country except Chile plus the Galápagos Islands. It has also occurred as a vagrant in Chile and several other countries and islands. The dark-billed cuckoo is monotypic.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 89 recordings for this species: 20 CC BY-NC-SA · 4 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusrecording
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.