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title: "Zwartsnavelkoekoek"
description: "Coccyzus erythropthalmus — Vogels. The black-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) is a New World species in the Cuculidae (cuckoo) family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/black-billed-cuckoo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zwartsnavelkoekoek

> Coccyzus erythropthalmus — Vogels. The black-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) is a New World species in the Cuculidae (cuckoo) family.

- Scientific name: *Coccyzus erythropthalmus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 4662
- Wikidata: [Q19027](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19027)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1960](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1960)

## Names

- en: Black-billed Cuckoo
- de: Schwarzschnabelkuckuck
- es: Cuclillo pico negro
- fr: Coulicou à bec noir
- nl: Zwartsnavelkoekoek
- pt: Papa-lagarta-de-bico-preto
- pl: Kukawik czarnodzioby

## Countries with the most observations

US (2350), CA (1461), MX (60), CO (30), EC (18), CR (15), PA (6), SV (4), HN (3)

## Summary

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".
It is very similar to, and overlaps in range with, the closely related yellow-billed cuckoo. A distinguishing characteristic of the family Cuculidae is laying eggs in the nests of other birds. Although many cuckoos are obligate brood parasites, C. erythropthalmus often incubate their own chicks.

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

## Photo

![Zwartsnavelkoekoek](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-billed-cuckoo/medium.jpg)

Photo: David Bird · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49799267

## Machine access

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