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Coccyzus minor

(Gmelin, 1788)

Mangrove Cuckoo

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G5SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.100097
Element CodeABNRB02030
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassAves
OrderCuculiformes
FamilyCuculidae
GenusCoccyzus
Other Common Names
Coulicou manioc (FR) Cuclillo Manglero (ES) mangrove cuckoo (EN) Papa-Lagarta-do-Mangue (PT)
Concept Reference
American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in The Auk]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
Taxonomic Comments
Considered conspecific with Cocos Island C. ferrugineus by some authors. AOU (1983) and Sibley and Monroe (1990) listed minor and ferrugineus as separate species, though Sibley and Monroe noted that they may be conspecific. Thirteen nominal subspecies; however, Banks and Hole (1991) concluded that this species should be regarded as monotypic until a detailed analysis based on adequate samples indicates otherwise.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2016-04-07
Change Date1996-11-27
Range Extent Comments
BREEDING: northern Mexico, southern Florida, and West Indies south to northern South America (Trinidad, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, with additional records from the Netherlands Antilles and Venezuela); to Nicaragua, possibly to Costa Rica or western Panama in Central America, where it occurs on both Caribbean and Pacific slopes. NON-BREEDING: throughout breeding range, and occurs, at least casually, in peninsular (including interior) Florida.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Open woodland, lowland forest edge, scrub, deciduous forest; chiefly in mangrove swamps in U.S.; dry scrub, mangroves, coffee plantations, and most areas with significant forests or thickets except high mountains in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (Raffaele 1983). Costa Rica: gallery forest, thickets in dry forest, forest edge, second growth and scrub more than mongroves (Stiles and Skutch 1989). Nests in dense thickets, generally mangroves in U.S.

Reproduction

Clutch size usually is 2. Young are tended by both parents.
Terrestrial Habitats
Forest - HardwoodWoodland - HardwoodShrubland/chaparral
Palustrine Habitats
FORESTED WETLANDRiparian
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN3
ProvinceRankNative
AlabamaSNAYes
FloridaS3Yes
Roadless Areas (2)
Puerto Rico (2)
AreaForestAcres
El Toro AreaCaribbean National Forest12,584
Mameyes AreaCaribbean National Forest11,150
References (17)
  1. American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1983. Check-list of North American Birds, 6th edition. Allen Press, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas. 877 pp.
  2. American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in <i>The Auk</i>]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
  3. Banks, R. C., and R. Hole, Jr. 1991. Taxonomic review of the mangrove cuckoo, COCCYZUS MINOR (Gmelin). Carib. J. Sci. 27:54-62.
  4. Bent, A.C. 1940. Life histories of North American cuckoos, goatsuckers, hummingbirds, and their allies. Part I. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 176. 244 pp.
  5. BirdLife International. 2004b. Threatened birds of the world 2004. CD ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
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  7. Harrison, C. 1978. A Field Guide to the Nests, Eggs and Nestlings of North American Birds. Collins, Cleveland, Ohio.
  8. Howell, S. N. G., and S. Webb. 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
  9. Parker III, T. A., D. F. Stotz, and J. W. Fitzpatrick. 1996. Ecological and distributional databases for neotropical birds. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
  10. Raffaele, H. A. 1983a. A guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Fondo Educativo Interamericano, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 255 pp.
  11. Raffaele, H., J. Wiley, O. Garrido, A. Keith, and J. Raffaele. 1998. A guide to the birds of the West Indies. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. 511 pp.
  12. Ridgely, R. S. 2002. Distribution maps of South American birds. Unpublished.
  13. Ridgely, R. S. and J. A. Gwynne, Jr. 1989. A Guide to the Birds of Panama. 2nd edition. Princeton University Press, Princeton, USA.
  14. Sibley, D. A. 2000a. The Sibley guide to birds. Alfred A. Knopf, New York.
  15. Stiles, F. G. and A. F. Skutch. 1989. A guide to the birds of Costa Rica. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, USA. 511 pp.
  16. Terres, J. K. 1980. The Audubon Society encyclopedia of North American birds. Alfred A. Knopf, New York.
  17. Zook, J. L. 2002. Distribution maps of the birds of Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Unpublished.