Bird

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus americanus

A summer resident that nests in Florida. Found in all 67 counties, across 12 habitats.

Here: Summer
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 67 counties
Habitats: 12

Hand-coloured plate of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo by Mark Catesby, The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1, plate 9 — **Illustration**. Mark Catesby. Public domain (no known copyright restrictions). The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1, plate 9. Plant on the plate: The Chinkapin (Castanea pumila).

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: Summer
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 67 counties
Habitats: 12
Habitat models: Summer

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Florida 12

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 12

SummerSouth Florida Hardwood Hammock; Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock; Southern Coastal Plain Hydric HammockWinslow Homer, In the Jungle, Florida (1904): cabbage palms, saw palmetto and fallen trunks in a dense, shady hammock, with a wildcat in the branches. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Florida (Winslow Homer, In the Jungle, Florida, 1904)*In the Jungle, Florida*, Winslow Homer, 1904. Public domain. Source record.

SummerSouthern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Nupea ModifierMartin Johnson Heade, The Great Florida Marsh (1886): open marsh and lily-dotted water beneath live oaks and cabbage palms. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Florida (Heade, The Great Florida Marsh, 1886; North Carolina Museum of Art)*The Great Florida Marsh*, Martin Johnson Heade, 1886. Public domain. Source record.

SummerSouthern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp; Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp; South Florida Bayhead Swamp; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp; South Florida Cypress Dome; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress DomeFlorida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha (1899): a dark swamp-lined river at sunset, with cypress and hardwoods crowding both banks. Ocklawaha River, FloridaFlorida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha, Detroit Photographic Co. (chromolithograph), 1899. Public domain. Source record.

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Summer

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

SummerAtlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest; Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest

Maritime forests and thickets

Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.

SummerSouthwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock; Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock; East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest

Pocosins and bay forests

Dense evergreen shrub wetlands and bay forests on wet, acid peat of the Coastal Plain.

SummerAtlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall

SummerOnly within 120 m of water.East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory ModifierGeorge Inness, Georgia Pines (1890): tall, straight pines over an open, grassy floor in a south Georgia pine woods. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Georgia pine woods (George Inness, 1890; site not named), a neighboring state.Georgia Pines, George Inness (1825-1894), 1890. Public domain. Source record.

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

SummerOnly within 120 m of water.Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

SummerOnly within 120 m of water.Disturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

SummerOnly within 120 m of water.East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest

Tree plantations and managed pine

Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.

SummerOnly within 120 m of water.Deciduous Plantation; Evergreen Plantation or Managed Pine; Managed Tree Plantation

Other habitats in its models (115)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Florida. Those recorded in Florida first, the rest by region.

In Florida 1

South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Summer.

Elsewhere in the South (64)

Appalachian Shale Barrens Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Summer, only within 120 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer, only within 120 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 120 m of water.
East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Summer, only within 120 m of water.
East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer.
Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Summer.
Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Summer.
Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer.
Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer.
Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Northern Crowley's Ridge Sand Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer.
Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Red River Large Floodplain Forest Summer.
Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Summer, only within 120 m of water.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Flatwoods Summer, only within 120 m of water.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Summer.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Summer.
South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer.
Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Summer.
Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Southern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 120 m of water.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer, only within 120 m of water.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 120 m of water.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Summer.

Northeast (9)

Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer, only within 120 m of water.
North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer.
Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Summer.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.

Midwest (6)

North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 120 m of water.
North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 120 m of water.
North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
North-Central Oak Barrens Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Summer, only within 120 m of water.

Land cover and other classes (35)

Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Summer.
Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer.
Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Summer.
Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Summer.
Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer, only within 120 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 120 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer, only within 120 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 120 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Summer, only within 120 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 120 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 120 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Summer.
Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 120 m of water.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Summer.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer.
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Florida

Summer: nests here, in all 67 counties.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Florida, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.