Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur

Sitio realizado por aficionados a la observación de aves desde 10 de enero 2006

Dark-billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus melacoryphus

Order: Cuculiformes - Familiy: Cuculidae Status: Summer visitor - Breeding. Habitat: Woods

All records since January 2014
Sounds

Cuclillo canela/Dark-billed Cuckoo

© Diego Caiafa

     
Adult
cuclillo can1 JGV 12 06© Jorge García Vicente
Cinnamon underparts
cuclillo can1 CB 12 06© Cristian Bannier
Brown upperparts
Cuclillo canela/Dark-billed Cuckoo© Cristian Bannier
Ash-gray crown. Black mask
Cuclillo canela/Dark-billed Cuckoo© Carlos González Ledo
White-tipped rectrices
Juvenile
Cuclillo canelaC/Dark-billed CuckooC1 1 13 © Eduardo Haene Cuclillo canelaC/Dark-billed CuckooC1 1 13 © Eduardo Haene
Cuclillo canelaJ/Dark-billed CuckooJ© J. Simón Tagtachian
Cuclillo canela/Dark-billed Cuckoo23 1 16 © Silvia González
Diet
Cuclillo canela/Dark-billed Cuckoo11 2004 © Alberto Gurni
Eating a caterpillar
 
Cuclillo canela/Coccyzus melacoryphus
Cuclillo canela/Coccyzus melacoryphus
Cuclillo canela/Coccyzus melacoryphus
Amelia and Pablo tell us that they were watching this Dark-billed Cuckoo feed for a long time. It moved about the tree, jumping from one branch to the other in search for the spittle masses, caught the bug and ate it.
Last November I wrote on the biology of the spittlebug (See South American tipu tree). In this opportunity the spittlebug is a link in the food chain, being predated on by this cuckoo. What surprises me most is how malleable the spittle is that it kneads into a spaghetti-like string and keeps sticky without breaking.
Photos © Amelia Besana
More photographic records since January 2013
Previous records
Cuclillo canela/Dark-billed Cuckoo25 11 12 © Pablo Mosto Cuclillo canela/Dark-billed Cuckoo23 10 12 © Pablo Serur
Cuclillo canela/Dark-billed Cuckoo1 1 12 © J. Simón Tagtachian Cuclillo canela/Dark-billed Cuckoo5 11 11 © Pablo Serur
Cuclillo canela/Dark-billed Cuckoo6 1 11 © Claudia Furman Cuclillo-canela/Dark-billed Cuckoo14 11 09 © Amelia Besana
Cuclillo canela/Dark-billed Cuckoo12 2006 © Jorge García Vicente Cuclillo canela/Dark-billed Cuckoo11 2006 © Jorge García Vicente
Cuclillo canela/Dark-billed Cuckoo11 2006 © Marcelo Rodríguez Cuclillo canela/Dark-billed Cuckoo11 2006 © Hugo Hulsberg
Cuclillo canela/Dark-billed Cuckoo11 2005 © Silvia Vitale Cuclillo canela/Dark-billed Cuckoo 5 3 05 © Roberto Ares
Cuclillo canela/Dark-billed Cuckoo11 2004 © Alberto Gurni Cuclillo canela/Dark-billed Cuckoo1 2003 © Roberto Güller