Summary ²

The Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus, is a cuckoo. Common folk-names for this bird in the southern United States are Rain Crow and Storm Crow. These likely refer to the bird's habit of calling on hot days, often presaging thunderstorms.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) James Shelton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by James Shelton
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccyzus_americanus

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