Cuckoos
Order: Cuculiformes. Family: Cuculidae
The family Cuculidae includes cuckoos, roadrunners and anis. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs. Unlike the cuckoo species of the Old World, North American cuckoos are not brood parasites.
| Common name | Species | Habitat | Breeding Status | Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | DF | B | - | u | - | - |
| Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor | ML | B | u | u | u | u |
| Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo | Saurothera vieilloti | St | - | - | - | - | |
| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | TS | B | u | u | u | u |
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Famous quotes containing the word cuckoos:
“Clandestine steps upon imagined stairs
Climb through the night, because his cuckoos call.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“Hark, hark, with what a pretty throat
Poor robin-redbreast tunes his note;
Hark, how the jolly cuckoos sing
Cuckoo—to welcome in the spring!
Cuckoo—to welcome in the spring!”
—John Lyly (1553–1606)