Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
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 |
SPECIES
Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
Adam Damon
Version: 1.0 — Published September 27, 2012
Version: 1.0 — Published September 27, 2012
Account navigation Account navigation
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Vocalizations
The song of Dark-billed Cuckoo has been described as "six to eight resonant, buzzy kazoo-like notes" (Payne 1997, 2005) or as "a ventriloquial ga-ga-ga-go-go" (Sick 1993).
For a representative audio recording with sonogram, see audio
Also gives another song (?) that is a descending series of guttural notes.
A call of Dark-billed Cuckoo is a dry-sounding buzz that has been described as "dddddrr" (Payne 2005).
In Brazil, Dark-billed Cuckoo vocalizes at night (Sick 1983).
Additional audio recordings of vocalizations of Dark-billed Cuckoo can be heard at Macaulay Library and at xeno-canto.
Nonvocal Sounds
No nonvocal sounds have been described.