NPSpecies Report Viewer

Park			Taxon Code
Show Comments?

Find

National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior

NPSpecies - Park Species Profile


Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Black-billed Cuckoo
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Not In Park
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:

Scientific Name with Authority:		Coccyzus erythropthalmus (A. Wilson, 1811)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Black-billed Cuckoo
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Cuculiformes, Family Cuculidae, Genus Coccyzus, Species Coccyzus erythropthalmus


Seasonality Tags:
Vagrant


Park Tags:
Habitat - Riparian
Seasonality/Breeding (birds) - Vagrant


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 1 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site	Anacostia Park
Antietam National Battlefield	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Appalachian National Scenic Trail	Assateague Island National Seashore
Badlands National Park	Big Bend National Park
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area	Big Thicket National Preserve
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area	Blue Ridge Parkway
Bluestone National Scenic River	Buffalo National River
Canaveral National Seashore	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Catoctin Mountain Park	Channel Islands National Park
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	Colonial National Historical Park
Congaree National Park	Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Dry Tortugas National Park
Effigy Mounds National Monument	Everglades National Park
Fire Island National Seashore	First State National Historical Park
Fort Donelson National Battlefield	Fort Frederica National Monument
Fort Larned National Historic Site	Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Sumter National Historical Park	Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Gateway National Recreation Area	Gauley River National Recreation Area
George Washington Carver National Monument	George Washington Memorial Parkway
Gettysburg National Military Park	Grand Portage National Monument
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site	Great Falls Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Gulf Islands National Seashore
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Indiana Dunes National Park	Isle Royale National Park
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Kings Mountain National Military Park	Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial	Little River Canyon National Preserve
Mammoth Cave National Park	Manassas National Battlefield Park
Minute Man National Historical Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Missouri National Recreational River	Morristown National Historical Park
Natchez Trace Parkway	National Capital Parks-East
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Niobrara National Scenic River
Obed Wild and Scenic River	Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	Padre Island National Seashore
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore	Pipestone National Monument
Piscataway Park	Rock Creek Park
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Shenandoah National Park
Shiloh National Military Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Vicksburg National Military Park	Voyageurs National Park
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield	Wind Cave National Park
Yellowstone National Park


Last Modified Date:	1/11/2018

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/26/2025 7:41:25 AM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

This information is provided by NatureServe (www.natureserve.org) and its network of natural heritage member programs, a leading source of information about rare and endangered species, and threatened ecosystems.


Species Profile	Page 1 of 1	9/26/2025 7:41:25 AM

Report Viewer Configuration Error