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Definition of Coccyzus
1. Noun. A genus of Cuculidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Cuculidae, Family Cuculidae
Member holonyms: Black-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus Erythropthalmus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coccyzus
Literary usage of Coccyzus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1892)
"Coccyzus americanus occidentalis in Washington. —On July 8, 1892, I saw and
positively identified a California Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus occidentalis} at ..."
2. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"The members of the genus Coccyzus occur throughout the greater part of the New
World, visiting the temperate regions of North America in summer, ..."
3. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"Coccyzus minor minor (GMELIN). Mangrove Cuckoo. [386.] Cuculus minor GMELIN, Syst.
... RANGE.— Florida Keys and the Bahamas.] Coccyzus americanus ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1901)
"No especial nor detailed description is required for the pectoral and pelvic
limbs of Coccyzus. The skeleton of these parts is cucu- line in all particulars ..."
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