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Coccyzus americanus (Yellow-billed Cuckoo)

Synonyms: Coccyzus americanus americanus; Coccyzus americanus occidentalis; Cuculus americanus (homotypic)
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Wikipedia Abstract

The yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) 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 thunderstorms. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kokkuzo, which means to call like a common cuckoo, and americana means "of America".
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
25
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.66428
EDGE Score: 2.3669
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  61 grams
Birth Weight [3]  9 grams
Breeding Habitat [2]  Temperate eastern forests, Tropical dry forests, Temperate western forests
Wintering Geography [2]  S. American Lowlands
Wintering Habitat [2]  Tropical dry forests, Tropical evergreen forests
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Frugivore
Diet - Ectothermic [4]  20 %
Diet - Endothermic [4]  10 %
Diet - Fruit [4]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  60 %
Forages - Canopy [4]  60 %
Forages - Mid-High [4]  40 %
Clutch Size [3]  3
Clutches / Year [3]  1
Fledging [1]  21 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  9,500,000
Incubation [3]  14 days
Mating System [6]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [3]  5 years
Migration [5]  Intercontinental
Female Maturity [3]  1 year
Male Maturity [3]  1 year

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Parasitized by 
Brachylecithum tuberculatum[9]
Paruterina similis <Unverified Name>[9]

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Citations

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♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 6Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 7Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 8THE DIET OF THE APLOMADO FALCON (FALCO FEMORALIS) IN EASTERN MEXICO, DEAN P. HECTOR, The Condor 87:336-342
♦ 9Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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