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	cuckoo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		The decline of the yellow-billed cuckoo is a signal that western rivers and streamside forests can not sustain the current impact of dams, water diversions, agribusiness, livestock grazing, sprawl, and pollution.
		To save the yellow-billed cuckoo, the Center for Biological Diversity is employing scientific research, environmental litigation, coalition building and public education to protect and restore western rivers.
		But the yellow-billed cuckoo is heard less and less often in eastern North America and has been entirely eradicated from most areas west of the Continental Divide.
	www.biologicaldiversity.org /swcbd/species/cuckoo/index.html (523 words)

	Cuckoo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cuculidae or cuckoos are a family of near passerine birds, many of the Old World species of which are brood parasites, laying their eggs in the nests of birds of other species.
		The family also includes the American cuckoos, the roadrunners, the anis, and the coucals, none of which are brood parasites, building their own nests in trees or bushes.
		Unlike many cuckoos, the coucals lay their eggs in nests on the ground or in low shrubs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cuckoo (291 words)

	Yellow-billed Cuckoo -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		The Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus, is a (Any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail) cuckoo.
		Adults have a long tail, brown above and fl-and-white below, and a fl curved bill with yellow especially on the lower mandible.
		The head and upper parts are brown and the underparts are white.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/y/ye/yellow-billed_cuckoo.htm (372 words)

	Yellow-billed Cuckoo
		The bill is mostly yellow with a dark culmen.
		Yellow-billed Cuckoos are dark on the upper side, with a strongly contrasting white throat, breast and belly.
		However, the Mangrove Cuckoo is easily distinguished by the buffy wash on its lower breast and belly, a more distinctive dark mask, and less yellow on the bill.
	www.shawcreekbirdsupply.com /yellow_billed_cuckoo_info.htm (506 words)

	Birds - Yellow-billed Cuckoo
		Bill, which is as long as head, arched, acute, and more robust than the fl-billed species, and with lower mandible yellow.
		It is not until you get close enough to note the yellow bill, reddish-brown wings, and fl tail feathers with their white " thumb-nail " marks, that you know which cuckoo you are watching.
		A solitary wanderer, nevertheless one cuckoo in an apple orchard is worth a hundred robins in ridding it of caterpillars and inch-worms, for it delights in killing many more of these than it can possibly eat.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles20/birds-75.shtml (511 words)

	Black-billed Cuckoo
		The two common and widespread cuckoos of North America are both furtive and retiring birds that remain hidden in foliage much of the time, and are more often seen than heard.
		The nest of the Black-billed Cuckoo is large and somewhat flimsy, built of twigs, grasses, and weed stems.
		The Black-billed Cuckoo may be distinguished from the Yellow-billed Cuckoo by bill color, and by the lack of the latter's larger white tail spots, clean white underparts, and bright rufous primary feathers.
	www.shawcreekbirdsupply.com /black_billed_cuckoo_info.htm (621 words)

	Yellow-billed cuckoo Fact Sheet
		The yellow-billed cuckoo is a secretive, robin-sized songbird that lives in the western United States in willow and cottonwood forests along rivers and streams.
		While the yellow-billed cuckoo is common east of the Continental Divide, biologists estimate that more than 90 percent of the bird's riparian habitat in the West has been lost or degraded as a result of conversion to agricultrue, dams and riverlow management, bank protection, overgrazing, pesticide use, and competition from exotic plants such as tamarisk.
		In Arizona, where the largest cuckoo population west of the Rocky Mountains continues to be found, the Arizona Department of Fish and Game considers the bird to be a species of concern.
	idahoes.fws.gov /Fact/YBCuckoo.html (494 words)

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		It noted that yellow-billed cuckoos near a State line within the petitioned area, such as on the California side of the lower Colorado River, are part of the same population and interbreed with birds immediately across the same State border and outside the petitioned area.
		Males tend to have a slightly larger bill, and the white in the tail tends to form oval spots, whereas in females the white spots tend to be connected and less distinct (Hughes 1999).
		One study concluded that the division of yellow- billed cuckoos into two subspecies was not supported by the morphological data and that all yellow-billed cuckoos in North America should be classified simply as C. americanus (Banks 1988, 1990).
	www.eswr.com /f02170.txt (2812 words)

	The Yellow-billed Cuckoo
		Two young Cuckoos nearly able to fly scrambled off from their tenement among the branches of the tree, and were caught by us after awhile.
		He stated that eleven young Cuckoos had been successively hatched and reared in it, by the same pair of old birds, in one season, and that young birds and eggs were to be seen in it at the same time for many weeks in succession.
		I found the Yellow-billed Cuckoo plentiful and breeding in the Texas; and it is met with, on the other hand, in Nova Scotia, and even in Labrador, where I saw a few.
	www.audubon.org /bird/BoA/F27_G1a.html (2251 words)

	Yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		The cuckoo is one of the last neotropical migrants to arrive in North America and has very little time to build a nest, find a mate, lay its eggs and raise its young.
		Despite a recommendation to list the cuckoo as "endangered" from the West Coast region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the petition was rejected because of political intervention by the Southwest region.
		Incredibly, however, it cast doubt on whether the extinction of the cuckoo from all of western North America would be biologically significant.
	www.biologicaldiversity.org /swcbd/species/cuckoo/cuckoo1.html (1828 words)

	Birds - Black-billed Cuckoo
		When, as it flies about, we are able to note the red circles about its eyes, its fl bill, and the absence of fl tail feathers, with their white "thumb-nail" spots, and see no bright cinnamon feathers on the wings (the yellow-billed specie's distinguishing marks), we can at last claim acquaintance with the fl-billed cuckoo.
		Our two common cuckoos are so nearly alike that they are constantly confused in the popular mind and very often in the writings of ornithologists.
		Neither cuckoo knows how to build a proper home; a bunch of sticks dropped carelessly into the bush, where the hapless babies that emerge from the greenish eggs will not have far to fall when they tumble out of bed, as they must inevitably do, may by courtesy only be called a nest.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles20/birds-74.shtml (491 words)

	ADW: Coccyzus americanus: Information
		Yellow-billed cuckoos have zygodactylous feet, meaning that of the four toes, the middle two point forward and the outer two point backward.
		Yellow-billed cuckoos are probably monogamous, though their breeding system has not been well studied.
		Yellow-billed cuckoos are common in parts of their range, but populations have been declining in recent years throughout much of the range.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Coccyzus_americanus.html (1591 words)

	Birds, Familiar: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Life Histories of North American Birds, A.C. Bent
		Nesting.--Unlike the European cuckoo, both of our North American species usually build their own nests and rear their own young, though they are very poor nest builders and are often careless about laying in each other's nests or the nests of other species.
		The Yellow-billed Cuckoo is one of the poorest nest builders known to me, and undoubtedly the slovenly manner in which it constructs its nest causes the contents of many to be accidentally destroyed, and this probably accounts to some extent for the many apparent irregularities in their nesting habits.
		Eggs.--The yellow-billed cuckoo lays ordinarily three or four eggs, sometimes only one and rarely five; as many as six, seven, or even eight eggs have been found in a nest, but these larger numbers may be the product of more than one female.
	home.bluemarble.net /~pqn/ch71-80/ybcuckoo.html (3626 words)

	All About Birds
		Although the Yellow-billed Cuckoo usually raises its own young, occasionally it will lay its egg in the nest of another cuckoo, or even that of a different species.
		The Yellow-billed Cuckoo may itself be the inadvertent host for an egg of a Black-billed Cuckoo or Brown-headed Cowbird.
		Black-billed Cuckoo has all fl bill, a red orbital ring, much smaller white spots under the paler tail feathers, and lacks rufous patches in the wings.
	birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Yellow-billed_Cuckoo_dtl.html (476 words)

	ADW: Coccyzus americanus: Information
		Yellow-billed cuckoos are medium birds (26 to 30 cm long; 55 to 65 g) with long tails.
		The bill of yellow-billed cuckoos is short to medium in length and curved downward with a fl upper mandible and a yellow or orange lower mandible.
		Yellow-billed cuckoo chicks are altricial at hatching, and are brooded often by the parents for the first week or so.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /accounts/coccyzus/c._americanus.html (1591 words)

	Cuckoos and Cowbirds
		The Yellow-billed Cuckoo, a California variety of it, the Black-billed Cuckoo, and two species which range as far north as southern Florida, are not hawklike but resemble a slender pigeon with a longer neck and tail.
		It differs from the fl billed cuckoo in that the lower part of the long curved bill is yellow instead of fl, the under sides of its wings are reddish, and its long fl tail feathers are conspicuously marked with large white spots.
		Both species are valuable because, like the European cuckoo, they eat enormous numbers of canker worms and caterpillars, especially the hairy or spiny kinds that most birds avoid, such as the destructive tent caterpillars, fall webworms and tussock moth larvae.
	www.newton.dep.anl.gov /natbltn/300-399/nb346.htm (632 words)

	USGS And Arizona Game And Fish Begin Partnership To Study Western Yellow-Billed Cuckoo
		Only about 12 inches long and with a bold fl and white tail pattern and a yellow bill, this cuckoo is one of a much larger group of birds called neotropical migrants, said USGS bird biologist Mark Sogge.
		Researchers suspect that the two major factors in the bird's decline are alteration and destruction of the bird's habitat and pesticide use in both Latin America and the United States.
		This information is gathered in every state by USGS scientists to minimize the loss of life and property from natural disasters, contribute tot he sound conservation, economic and physical development of the nation's natural resources, and enhance the quality of life by monitoring water, biological, energy and mineral resources.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/1998-06/USGS-UAAG-300698.php (753 words)

	Sonoran Joint Venture: Projects: Colorado Plateau Field Station: Yellow-billed Cuckoos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Project Description: Western populations of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus occidentalis) have decreased and suffered catastrophic range reductions in the twentieth century and its future is uncertain.
		By learning more about the Yellow-billed Cuckoo's habitat requirements we will be better able to predict the effects of management options such as habitat protection and restoration.
		We propose to identify Yellow-billed Cuckoo habitat requirements, including vegetation composition and structure for breeding and foraging, habitat patch size and distribution, and food/prey requirements.
	www.sonoranjv.org /CPF2003.htm (323 words)

	Habitat Destruction Puts Songbird at Risk in the West
		The yellow-billed cuckoo is a secretive, robin-sized bird that in the western United States breeds in willow and cottonwood forests along rivers and streams.
		The Service has determined that the yellow-billed cuckoo in the western United States, roughly west of the crest of the Rocky Mountains, meets the criteria to qualify as a DPS, and, as such, may be proposed for listing.
		In Arizona, where the largest cuckoo population west of the Rocky Mountains continues to be found, the Arizona Department of Game and Fish considers the bird to be a species of concern, which does not confer statutory protection for the species.
	www.r6.fws.gov /pressrel/01-29.htm (998 words)

	Bird Watcher's Digest: Species Identification: Yellow-billed Cuckoo
		The most widespread member of the cuckoo family, it is a bird of deciduous woodland and riparian streams, where it feasts on caterpillars.
		Cuckoos are hard to see but, when you spot one, the long, slender shape is distinctive.
		The yellow-billed is separated from the similar fl-billed by its the flash of rufous in the wings when it flies, the bright yellow on the lower half of the bill, and the strongly contrasting fl and white spots on the underside of the tail.
	www.birdwatchersdigest.com /site/backyard_birds/bird_id/yellow_billed_cuckoo.aspx (263 words)

	Georgia Wildlife Web Site; birds: Coccyzus americanus
		The upper mandible of the bill is fl and the lower mandible is yellow.
		In the Southeast, this cuckoo is common except in the Appalachians and peninsular Florida.
		The Mangrove Cuckoo, another similar species, is buff-colored underneath and has a fl eye stripe.
	museum.nhm.uga.edu /gawildlife/birds/cuculiformes/camericanus.html (345 words)

	All About Birds
		Although the Yellow-billed Cuckoo usually raises its own young, occasionally it will lay its egg in the nest of another cuckoo, or even that of a different species.
		It has laid eggs in the nest of at least 11 different birds, most commonly in the nest of the Black-billed Cuckoo, American Robin, Gray Catbird, or Wood Thrush.
		The Yellow-billed Cuckoo may itself be the inadvertent host for an egg of a Black-billed Cuckoo or Brown-headed Cowbird.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Yellow-billed_Cuckoo.html (331 words)

	Black-billed Cuckoo, Great Lakes Bird Conservation
		Probably territorial, as is Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Hughes 1999) and probably monogamous.
		The Black-billed Cuckoo is an intraspecific brood parasite that occasionally lays eggs in other Black-billed Cuckoo nests.
		Hughes, J.M. Taxonomic significance of host-egg mimicry by facultative brood parasites of the avian genus Cuculidae.
	www.uwgb.edu /birds/greatlakes/species/bbcu.htm (1435 words)

	Black-billed Cuckoo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		The fl-billed cuckoo breeds from Alberta and Montana east to Maritime Provinces, and south to northern Texas, Arkansas, and South Carolina.
		The fl-billed cuckoo is rather rare in Colorado.
		Black-billed cuckoos may lay their eggs in nests of other birds such as yellow-billed cuckoos, gray catbirds, wood thrushes, yellow warblers and chipping sparrows.
	wildlife.state.co.us /species_profiles/blackbilledcuckoo.asp (467 words)

	07/27/01 -- Yellow-billed cuckoo in trouble in Western US (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		DENVER - The yellow-billed cuckoo, a robin-sized songbird, is losing habitat along streams so fast in the Western United States that it should be listed under the Endangered Species Act, but there is not enough money to protect it, a federal agency said this week.
		"Few breeding populations of the cuckoo are found in the West, and these populations are in decline as a result of destruction of their streamside habitat," said Steve Thompson, acting manager of California/Nevada operations for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
		The yellow-billed cuckoo, which eats caterpillars and sometimes small frogs and breeds in willow and cottonwood forests along rivers and streams, has lost its habitat to agriculture, dams, riverbank protection and overgrazing.
	www.forests.org /archive/america/yebicock.htm (356 words)

	BIRDS OF INDIANA: Order Coccyges. Cuckoos, etc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Upon investigation it was found to be picking out the larvæ and squeezing the juices from the body between its mandibles, then dropping the skins to the ground.
		Remarks which are made concerning the benefits of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo apply equally to this.
		The European Cuckoo is noted for its habit of depositing its eggs in the nests of other birds.
	www-lib.iupui.edu /butlerbirds/order12.html (491 words)

	BiRDZiLLA: Kenn Kaufman
		Besides those found in clocks, there are four regularly occurring cuckoo species in the mainland U.S. One of these may not be thought of as a cuckoo by beginning birders, partly because of its large size compared to the other three species, and partly because the word "cuckoo" doesn't appear in its name.
		The underside of the tail shows large, bold, white spots, and in flight the upper side of the primary feathers (near the outer edge of the wing) are a uniformly brownish color.
		Spring migration and the summer months are great times to look for cuckoos across the eastern two thirds of the U.S., and roadrunners are resident year-round throughout their range in the southwest.
	www.birdzilla.com /sub.asp?strType=KENNKAUFMAN&strTitle=Kenn%2BKaufman (734 words)

	Yellow-billed Cuckoo Princeton Audubon Limited Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Although cuckoos live almost entirely on caterpillars and seldom, if ever, eat butterflies, Audubon portrayed one of the birds seizing a tiger swallowtail.
		In seasons when caterpillars are abundant, cuckoos usually become common in the infested localities.
		They are especially fond of tent caterpillars and gypsy moth larvae, and with such plentiful food, the size of their broods seems to increase.
	www.bird-feeders.your-shopping.org /detail/Yellow-billed-Cuckoo-Princeton-Audubon-Limited-Edition.html (300 words)

	Yellow-billed Cuckoo on Rush Creek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Oblivious to my presence, flushed only after I really got close to it, at which point I saw white tips on the outer rectrices, and rufous in the wings.
		They are generally pretty rare in the Basin, but I've seen three in the last week - maybe it was the wildflowers this spring.
		Both the cuckoo and the Costa's were in the relict meadow just below the Narrows.
	www.monolake.org /birds/_disc5/0000004e.htm (106 words)

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