Slender and long-tailed, the yellow-billed cuckoo has a plain brown back and creamy white breast. The underside of the tail shows a pattern of bold white spots against a black background, and bright rufous wing patches are visible in flight. The lower part of the bill is yellow. Male and female yellow-billed cuckoos look alike. […]
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It can be separated from the black-billed by the strongly contrasting black and white spots on the underside of the tail and the rufous underparts. Its common call is very different from the other two, a series of harsh, nasal, awn notes that usually accelerates slightly toward the end and sometimes ends in several drawn
This large streaky bird with a shaggy head is unmistakable, though it does not look much like the famous cartoon. The Greater Roadrunner has a long tail spotted with white and a head with a crest that it raises and lowers as it stalks through the dry open country while hunting. Listen For A very
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The black-billed cuckoo is separated from the yellow-billed by its all-black bill, lack of rufous in the wings, and muted undertail pattern, which barely shows contrast between the gray and white spots. The common call is a long soft series of cu notes, all at the same speed and pitch. Hear the black-billed cuckoo:
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