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
Systematics
Geographic Variation
Monotypic.
Subspecies
Related Species
Described as Coccyzus melacoryphus by Vieillot 1817, with a type locality of Paraguay.
Sorenson and Payne (2005) divide the cuckoos into five subfamilies, based on a phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequence data (from the ND2 and 12S ribosomal RNA genes). Coccyzus falls in the subfamily Cuculinae, which is global in distribution. The sister genus to Coccyzus is the Neotropical genus Piaya.
Within Coccyzus, Sorenson and Payne identified two clades. Coccyzus melacoryphus is basal to a clade that consists of two pairs of sister species, Coccyzus americanus (Yellow-billed Cuckoo) and Coccyzus euleri (Pearly-breasted Cuckoo); and Coccyzus minor (Mangrove Cuckoo) and Coccyzus ferrugineus (Cocos Cuckoo).
