Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | cucut daurat |
| Czech | kukačka tmavozobá |
| Dutch | Kleine Mangrovekoekoek |
| English | Dark-billed Cuckoo |
| English (United States) | Dark-billed Cuckoo |
| French | Coulicou de Vieillot |
| French (France) | Coulicou de Vieillot |
| German | Dunkelschnabelkuckuck |
| Icelandic | Vætugaukur |
| Japanese | コミミグロカッコウ |
| Norwegian | tupigjøk |
| Polish | kukawik brunatny |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | papa-lagarta-acanelado |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Papa-lagarta-acanelado |
| Russian | Галапагосская пиайя |
| Serbian | Tamnokljuna američka kukavica |
| Slovak | kukavka čiernosluchá |
| Spanish | Cuclillo Canela |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Cuclillo Canela |
| Spanish (Chile) | Cuclillo de pico negro |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Cuclillo Piquioscuro |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Cuclillo Piquioscuro |
| Spanish (Panama) | Cuclillo Piquioscuro |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Cuclillo canela |
| Spanish (Peru) | Cuclillo de Pico Oscuro |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cuclillo canela |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Cuclillo Común |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Cuclillo Grisáceo |
| Swedish | mörknäbbad regngök |
| Turkish | Kara Gagalı Guguk |
| Ukrainian | Кукліло бурий |
Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
Adam Damon
Version: 1.0 — Published September 27, 2012
Version: 1.0 — Published September 27, 2012
Diet and Foraging
Diet
Dark-billed Cuckoo is primarily insectivorous, eating mainly caterpillars but also grasshoppers, stick-insects, beetles, and ants (Haverschmidt 1968, Payne 1997, 2005). Ervin (1989) specifically reported Dark-billed Cuckoo chicks having fed on hawkmoth larva.
