Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus

• Slender, long-tailed bird
• Yellow eye ring
• Cinnamon inner webs to primaries, often visible at rest
• White chin, breast, and belly
• Black outer tail feathers with white tips
• Black bill with yellow lower mandible
• Tail feathers with extensive pale tips

Habitat

Yellow-billed Cuckoos can be found in forest to open woodlands, those areas with dense undergrowth such as parks, riparian woodlands and thickets are considered their favored habitats

Status

The Yellow-billed Cuckoo is a summer resident in the Atlanta area.  It also can be seen commonly during spring and fall migration.