Habitat: This species can be found in the lowlands, in semiopen shrubby areas, light woodland and forest borders near water sources. Distribution: This cuckoo species is migratory. It breeds in North America and Mexico and will migrate south mostly in South America and a few will spend the winter in Costa Rica and Panama. Natural History Notes: The Yellow-billed Cuckoo resembles to the Black-billed Cuckoo. This species is fairly quiet so can be hard to see. Conservation status according to IUCN 2008 Red list: Least Concern (LC). It is a latitudinal migratory species. Characteristics: The total length of this species varies between is 12 inches (measured from tip of bill to end of tail). A characteristic of this species is the yellow coloration of the lower mandible and the presence of a gray eye-ring around the eye for the adults, yellow for the immature. The part above is olive green toward brown and the part below is white. The wings and the primaries (line of wing feathers furthest to the body) have their edges rufous colored. The tail is long and graduated with the below part black colored and the tip white.