The black-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) is a New World species in the Cuculidae (cuckoo) 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".
Taxonomy:genus | Coccyzus |
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Taxonomy:family | Cuculidae |
Taxonomy:order | Cuculiformes |
Taxonomy:class | Aves |