Cuckoos

Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo

Coccyzus vetula

The Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo (Coccyzus vetula) is a 96 g forest bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Cuckoos

Order

Cuculiformes

Weight

96 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

4

Recorded in Jamaica, Dominican Rep., Haiti, Puerto Rico.

Where to see it: Ecclesdown Road (Upland birds only––please use a different location for seabirds) (Jamaica); Green Castle Estate (Jamaica); Rocklands Bird Sanctuary (Jamaica); Hope Botanical Gardens (Jamaica); Font Hill Nature Preserve (Jamaica).

Photo: (c) Elizabeth Axley, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist