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title: "Dark-billed Cuckoo"
description: "Coccyzus melacoryphus — Uccelli. The dark-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus melacoryphus) is a species of bird in the tribe Phaenicophaeini, subfamily Cuculinae of the cuckoo family Cuculidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/dark-billed-cuckoo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Dark-billed Cuckoo

> Coccyzus melacoryphus — Uccelli. The dark-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus melacoryphus) is a species of bird in the tribe Phaenicophaeini, subfamily Cuculinae of the cuckoo family Cuculidae.

- Scientific name: *Coccyzus melacoryphus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1338
- Wikidata: [Q969834](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q969834)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1966](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1966)

## Names

- en: Dark-billed Cuckoo
- de: Kleiner Mangrovekuckuck
- es: Cuclillo canela
- fr: Coulicou de Vieillot
- nl: Kleine mangrove-koekoek
- pt: Papa-lagarta-acanelado
- pl: Kukawik brunatny

## Countries with the most observations

AR (628), BR (331), EC (163), CO (54), PE (28), BO (21), UY (20), PY (8), CR (6), TT (4)

## Summary

The dark-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus melacoryphus) is a species of bird in the tribe Phaenicophaeini, subfamily Cuculinae of the cuckoo family Cuculidae. It is regularly found in every mainland South American country except Chile plus the Galápagos Islands. It has also occurred as a vagrant in Chile and several other countries and islands.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark-billed_cuckoo

## Photo

![Dark-billed Cuckoo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dark-billed-cuckoo/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Carús · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22858726

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dark-billed-cuckoo?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).