page_title: Black-billed cuckoo
section_title: Habitat
hierarchical_section_title: Black-billed cuckoo / Habitat
caption_attribution_description: English: Distribution of the Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) Deutsch: Verbreitung des Schwarzschnabelkuckucks (Coccyzus erythropthalmus)
context_page_description: The black-billed cuckoo is a New World species in the Cuculidae family. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus name kokkuzo, means to call like a common cuckoo, and erythropthalmus is from eruthros, "red" and ophthalmos, "eye".
  It is very similar and overlaps in range with the closely related yellow-billed cuckoo. A distinguishing characteristic of family Cuculidae is laying eggs in the nests of other birds. Although many cuckoos are obligate brood parasites, C. erythropthalmus often incubate their own chicks.
context_section_description: C. erythropthalmus may be found in a variety of habitats. They are most commonly found around the edges of mature deciduous or mixed forests and much less frequently in coniferous forests. They can also be found in much younger growth forests with a lot of shrubs and thickets. Wetlands with a lot of alder and willow are another prime location to see them. Lastly, they can also inhabit more open areas such as abandoned farmland, golf courses and residential parks. Whatever the habitat may be, they are usually quite well hidden and tend to stick to the edges of these habitats. The chosen habitat must also have a water source nearby such as a lake, river, marsh or pond. On their wintering grounds in South America, they can inhabit tropical rainforests, deciduous or semiopen woodlands as well as scrub forests.
caption: Breeding, migrating and wintering ranges of the black-billed cuckoo.
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