Utah Bird Profile
 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus americannus

Name Roots: (Gr. Kokkux, "a cuckoo" - of America)

In Utah:   
Nesting,
feeding,
characteristic behaviors:
Nests in a deciduous tree or in a shrub at a height of 4-8 (3-20) feet, in a platform nest. This species is not a cowbird host. During the breeding season, this species is an insectivore: lower-canopy gleaner.
  
Habitat: Breeds in Utah in lowland riparian and agriculture habitats.
  

by Pomera M. Fronce

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Sightings in Utah

(Updated Feb 2014)

 


 

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