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Dark-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus melacoryphus | Vieillot, 1817
PHOTO: Property of Native / Embrapa
Characterization: Species measuring about 28.3 cm. A bird with a long tail, it is orangish on its ventral area, grayish-dark on its back, and its tail alternates black and white.
Distribution: It occurs from northern South America to Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina and throughout Brazil.
Habitat: It stays hidden in thick woods and secondary forests, as well as in the middle stratum of riparian vegetation.
Habits: This bird is usually solitary, hidden in its habitat. It will occasionally land in more exposed locations, such as fences, wires and tangled vegetation growing in forest edges.
Breeding: The couple builds a small nest similar to a dove's nest. The eggs are uniformly green.
UFRA: This bird species was infrequent and is considered rare, as it was only seen 2 times. The habitats where this bird occurred most were wetlands with herbaceous plants and wetlands with riparian forests.