Yellow Billed Cuckoo

33 pages : 28 cm

In 2007 blood samples from 52 adult Yellow-billed Cuckoos were sexed by Avian Biotech International lands in Florida. They were able to assign sex for 49 of the 52 birds in the sample. Banding, telemetry and call-response data from 2001-2005 were analyzed for sexually-based differences in behavior and morphology. There is no evidence of sexual dimorphism in Yellow-billed Cuckoos in behavior, vocalizations, tail spots, or morphology...Three rounds of surveys were conducted on the San Pedro River NCA [National Conservation Area] in 2006 and a single survey was conducted during the summer of 2007. The San Pedro population, which had been experiencing a marked decline from 2004-2006, has increased to one of the highest levels ever detected

Includes bibliographical references (pages 29-33)

Cover title

"Submitted February 15, 2008."

"Funded by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation agreement no. 06FG300044."

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Subjects: Yellow-billed cuckoo -- Research; Yellow-billed cuckoo -- Behavior -- Sex differences; Yellow-billed cuckoo -- Monitoring; Bird populations -- Monitoring -- Arizona -- San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area; Bird surveys -- Arizona -- San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area; Bird surveys -- Florida; Bird populations; Bird surveys; Birds -- Monitoring; Birds -- Research; Yellow-billed cuckoo; Arizona; Arizona -- San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area; Florida