yellow-billed

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In the deep woods, my favorite summer sighting is of a member of the cuckoo family, the yellow-billed cuckoo.

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  1. Having the bill or beak more or less yellow: specific in phrase-names of various birds.
  2. Yellow-billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus, the common rain-crow of the United States. See cut under Coccyzus.
  3. Yellow-billed loon Colymbus (or Urinator) adamsi, a very large loon of arctic North America, having the bill mostly dull horn-yellow, and of a different shape from the black bill of the common loon.
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  • "Look, yellow-billed oxpecker," Paul says, to distract us.
  • Responding to criticism from groups like the Center for Biological Diversity and the Natural Resources Defense Council, Fish and Wildlife Service spokesman Bruce Woods says the yellow-billed loon decision is not about politics, but about practicality. —  MoJo Blogs and Articles
  • The bird was a yellow-billed cuckoo, unusual enough in their cleared area, but often found in the woods. —  Shelbyville Times-Gazette Headlines
  • A large alkaline soda lake dominates the view with its thousands of pink flamingos and yellow-billed storks. —  English-writing Israeli-bloggers
  • The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service today said listing the yellow-billed loon under the Endangered Species Act is "warranted but precluded." —  Anchorage Daily News - Alaska News
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