Mangrove cuckoo Coccyzus minor

Identification Tips:

• Thin, decurved bill with yellow lower mandible
• Black mask
• Gray-brown upperparts
• Buffy underparts
• Long tail, black underneath with large white spots
• Sexes similar
• United States range restricted to coastal Florida

Similar species:

The Mangrove Cuckoo is similar to Yellow and Black-billed Cuckoos but has buffy, not white, underparts and a black mask.