Bay-breasted Cuckoo

Coccyzus rufigularis

The Bay-breasted Cuckoo (Coccyzus rufigularis) is a bird found in Dominican Republic and Haiti. Found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, small mammals and birds and reptiles and frogs. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific name	Coccyzus rufigularis
Region	North America
Found in	Dominican Republic and Haiti

🏡 Where the Bay-breasted Cuckoo lives

Found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs40%
🐭 Mammals & birds30%
🦎 Reptiles & frogs30%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

EndangeredVery few are left in the wild.

💡 It weighs about 128 grams. It mostly eats insects and other small creatures and small mammals and birds.

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Recorded by Barry Edmonston (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC794472. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Bay-breasted Cuckoo

Where does the Bay-breasted Cuckoo live?

The Bay-breasted Cuckoo lives in Dominican Republic and Haiti. Found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

What does the Bay-breasted Cuckoo eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 40%), small mammals and birds (about 30%), reptiles and frogs (about 30%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Bay-breasted Cuckoo endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.