Migratory species – the Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)

Every single year in the month of October, the questions on social media increase about mysterious birds with conspicuous yellow bills, found in gardens, on roads and other locations. The birds appear to be exhausted and lifeless. Meet the Yellow-billed cuckoo.

Video snippet: migratory waterbirds in Curaçao

he fall bird migration, in which millions of birds travel from North America to the Caribbean and South America to overwinter, is in full swing and the ABC-islands are the host for some of these species to overwinter on, or to use as a resting point before continuing their journey south.

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