page_title: Yellow-billed cuckoo
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Yellow-billed cuckoo / Description
caption_attribution_description: Black-billed Cuckoo (left), Yellow-billed Cuckoo (right), Coccyzus erythropthalmus and Coccyzus americanus, offset reproduction of watercolor
context_page_description: The yellow-billed cuckoo is a cuckoo. Common folk-names for this bird in the southern United States are rain crow and storm crow. These likely refer to the bird's habit of calling on hot days, often presaging rain or thunderstorms.
  The genus name is from Ancient Greek kokkuzo, which means to call like a common cuckoo, and americana means "of America".
context_section_description: Adults have a long tail, brown above and black-and-white below, and a black curved bill with yellow especially on the lower mandible. The head and upper parts are brown and the underparts are white. There is a yellow ring around the eye. It shows cinnamon on the wings in flight. Juveniles are similar, but the black on the undertail is replaced by gray.
caption: Comparison of black-billed cuckoo and yellow-billed cuckoo
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