Black-billed cuckoo
（重定向自Coccyzus erythropthalmus）
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![This juvenile black-billed cuckoo was banded at McGill Bird Observatory (MBO) in June 2015.](/Images/godic/202501/05/Juvenile_Black-billed_Cuckoo4811.png")
![Breeding, migrating and wintering ranges of the black-billed cuckoo.](/Images/godic/202501/05/Coccyzus_erythropthalmus_distr4811.png")
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The black-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) is a New World species in the Cuculidae (cuckoo) family. It is very similar and overlaps in range with the closely related yellow-billed cuckoo. A distinguishing characteristic of family Cuculidae is laying eggs in the nests of other birds. Although many cuckoos are obligate brood parasites, C. erythropthalmus often incubate their own chicks.