Yellow-billed Cuckoo Patch

#43 Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Long-tailed and furtive, these voracious caterpillar eaters are more commonly heard than seen. Legend has it that they call before thunderstorms, a trait that earned them the nickname “rain crow.” The western U.S. breeding population has largely disappeared due to the devastation of their native riparian habitats and is listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.