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BirdsIn Van Wert County, Ohio

Black-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus erythropthalmus (A. Wilson, 1811)

Black-billed Cuckoo in all of Ohio
Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus)
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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Cuculiformes
Family
Cuculidae
Genus
Coccyzus

Conservation status

Species of concern in Ohio (Ohio Division of Wildlife, June 2026)

Ohio's Division of Wildlife names it as one that might become threatened in Ohio under continued or increased stress, or one it has some concern for but too little information to judge. It is not listed as endangered or threatened.

Near Van Wert County

Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 1 of Ohio's 88 counties. Its mapped range covers 88. Explore Ohio

  • No result yet (0)
  • Within its mapped range (63)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (24)
  • Recorded, season not shown (0)
  • Season shown (1)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Range: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Species Range Maps CONUS_2001 (2018). Show as a table
Counties as a table
Black-billed Cuckoo by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecordsIn mapped range
Adams CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Allen CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Ashland CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Ashtabula CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Athens CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Auglaize CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Belmont CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Brown CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Butler CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Carroll CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Champaign CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Clark CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Clermont CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Clinton CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Columbiana CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Coshocton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Crawford CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Cuyahoga CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Darke CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Defiance CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Delaware CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Erie CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Fairfield CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Fayette CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Franklin CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Fulton CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Gallia CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Geauga CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Greene CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Guernsey CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Hamilton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Hancock CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Hardin CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Harrison CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Henry CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Highland CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Hocking CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Holmes CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Huron CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Jackson CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Jefferson CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Knox CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Lake CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Lawrence CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Licking CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Logan CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Lorain CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Lucas County37 · Season shownYes: summer
Madison CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Mahoning CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Marion CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Medina CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Meigs CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Mercer CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Miami CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Monroe CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Montgomery CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Morgan CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Morrow CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Muskingum CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Noble CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Ottawa CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Paulding CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Perry CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Pickaway CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Pike CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Portage CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Preble CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Putnam CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Richland CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Ross CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Sandusky CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Scioto CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Seneca CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Shelby CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Stark CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Summit CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Trumbull CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Tuscarawas CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Union CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Van Wert CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Vinton CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Warren CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Washington CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Wayne CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Williams CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Wood CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Wyandot CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer

Season

When it is recorded

In Van Wert County

Not enough evidence

Not enough records in Van Wert County yet to show a season. A season needs at least 20 records from 5 different years. Missing records do not mean it is absent.

In Ohio

Not enough evidence

The weeks are still too uncertain to show a season. Based on 133 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
Show over the bars
Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 133 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

Show as a table
Records of Black-billed Cuckoo in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of Black-billed CuckooYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–10006,211
Jan 11–17005,146
Jan 18–24004,645
Jan 25–31004,698
Feb 1–7006,023
Feb 8–14005,888
Feb 15–21005,436
Feb 22–28006,846
Mar 1–7008,321
Mar 8–140010,384
Mar 15–210012,620
Mar 22–280013,949
Mar 29 – Apr 40019,661
Apr 5–110026,860
Apr 12–180039,925
Apr 19–250041,623
Apr 26 – May 20056,391
May 3–94352,952
May 10–1632953,785
May 17–23511057,698
May 24–3016554,651
May 31 – Jun 67453,099
Jun 7–130053,700
Jun 14–200056,625
Jun 21–271155,361
Jun 28 – Jul 41158,477
Jul 5–110061,336
Jul 12–182264,722
Jul 19–252269,753
Jul 26 – Aug 12259,416
Aug 2–83359,712
Aug 9–150055,994
Aug 16–222254,328
Aug 23–291151,772
Aug 30 – Sep 51157,167
Sep 6–123359,075
Sep 13–191154,543
Sep 20–261145,860
Sep 27 – Oct 31143,180
Oct 4–101137,841
Oct 11–171130,824
Oct 18–240021,156
Oct 25–310019,021
Nov 1–70014,172
Nov 8–140012,621
Nov 15–21007,965
Nov 22–28008,136
Nov 29 – Dec 5006,083
Dec 6–12006,004
Dec 13–19005,423
Dec 20–26005,661
Dec 27 – Jan 2008,459

What these results show

These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.

Identification

How to identify it

Often confused with

  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus40 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos12 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant

From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.

Months not reported

  1. Jan: no record
  2. Feb: no record
  3. Mar: no record
  4. Apr: recorded
  5. May: recorded
  6. Jun: recorded
  7. Jul: recorded
  8. Aug: recorded
  9. Sep: recorded
  10. Oct: recorded
  11. Nov: no record
  12. Dec: no record

Not reported in Ohio in November to March, 2016 to 2025.

Time of day it is recorded

midnight6 amnoon6 pm

From 116 Ohio records with a time. Most records are made when people are outside, so night and early-morning species are under-recorded.

Land cover where it is recorded

Land coverIts recordsAll Ohio records
Wetland39%5%
Developed35%49%
Forest17%31%
Farmland4%11%
Barren2%0.6%
Grassland and shrub2%0.9%

From 46 records placed within 100 m, beside all Ohio records placed the same way. People record where they go, so this shows where records come from, not where the species lives. Land cover: USGS Annual NLCD, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Where these results come from

  • Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
  • Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
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Records behind the Ohio result

133 records from 2 datasets.

To cite: the GBIF download doi:10.15468/dl.y2jkt8 (opens in a new tab).

A spreadsheet (CSV) with a link to each record, on iNaturalist or GBIF. Records whose location was hidden by the observer or the source are counted but not linked.