Monotypic (smaller, darker resident birds in southern Appalachians sometimes ... and the back is more extensively scalloped with yellow-buff. Adult male: forecrown, chin, and throat red, outlined ...

the red-naped also hybridizes with the red-breasted from British Columbia south to eastern California. Monotypic. Length 8". Very similar in all plumages to the yellow-­bellied, but with slightly ...

The yellow-billed cuckoo is sometimes called the "rain crow" because its song is often heard just before thunderstorms or summer showers. But this rare bird raises its voice less and less often in ...