Despite its altitude, local parasitization rates at Santa Fe were high (Table 1), actually among the highest ever recorded for any species of parasitic cuckoo.
North America's two species of cuckoo, the black-billed and yellow-billed, were down an annual average of 5.9 and 5 percent, respectively.
The Yellowbill (Ceuthmochares aereus) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.
In addition to certain species of cuckoo, there are about 30 species of birds worldwide that are also brood parasites.
The Bay Coucal (Centropus celebensis) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.
The Lesser Coucal (Centropus bengalensis) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.
The Black Coucal (Centropus grillii) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.
The discoverers suggested the mite could have been horizontally transferred from one of the two native, migratory species of cuckoo (Cuculiformes).
This is a large species of cuckoo at 48 cm.
Other species of cuckoo lay "cryptic" eggs, which are dark in color when their hosts' eggs are light.
