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Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
Summary
- Status in VT: Increased by 13% (24 to 27 blocks). Greatest increase in Southern Vermont Piedmont.
- Data from other research: No additional data for VT.
- Conservation status: State rank S3B
- Other atlases: NY: 3%; PA: 43%; MD: no change
- VT’s role in North American range: VT is at the northeastern edge of the range.
- Causes of change since first Atlas:Fluctuation in tent caterpillar outbreaks (?).
- Management/Monitoring recommendations: No current recommendations.
Population Trends
![Yellow-billed Cuckoo graph](https://val.vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Yellow-billed-Cuckoo-graph-e1441914454170.jpeg)
First Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (1976-1981)
Species Account
Second Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (2003 – 2007)
![Yellow-billed Cuckoo Map 1](https://val.vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Yellow-billed-Cuckoo-Map-1.jpeg)
![Yellow-billed Cuckoo Table 1](http://val.vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Yellow-billed-Cuckoo-Table-1-e1441914544232.jpeg)
![Yellow-billed Cuckoo Table 2](http://val.vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Yellow-billed-Cuckoo-Table-2-e1441914559219.jpeg)
Change in Distribution
![mapkey](https://val.vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/mapkey4.jpg)
![Yellow-billed Cuckoo Map 2](http://val.vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Yellow-billed-Cuckoo-Map-2.jpeg)
![Yellow-billed Cuckoo Table 3](http://val.vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Yellow-billed-Cuckoo-Table-3-e1441914601977.jpeg)
Links
Vermont eBird
Encyclopedia of Life
All About Birds