From Texas to Nova Scotia, and in the interior to Kentucky. Rather common. Migratory.
Black-billed Cuckoo, Cuculus erythrophthalmus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iv. p. 15.
Coccyzus erythrophthalmus, Bonap. Syn. p. 42.
St. Domingo Cuckoo, Coccyzus dominicus, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 556.
Black-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus erythrophthalmus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 170; v. v. p. 523.
280. 3. Coccyzus Seniculus, Lath. Mangrove American Cuckoo.
Plate CLXIX. Male.
Upper mandible, and the tip and edges of the lower black, the rest yellow; upper parts light greenish-brown, with a tinge of grey on the head; lower parts brownish-orange; inner webs of quills uniform with the rest; middle tail-feathers like the back, the rest brownish-black, tipped with white, that colour gradually enlarging to the outer.
Male, 12, 15.
Florida Keys. Common. Migratory.
Mangrove Cuckoo, Coccyzus Seniculus, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 558.
Mangrove Cuckoo, Coccyzus Seniculus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 390.