| Coccyzus | |
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| Black-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Coccyzus Vieillot, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Cuculus americanus (yellow-billed cuckoo) Linnaeus, 1758
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| Species | |
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13, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hyetornis | |
Coccyzus is a genus of cuckoos which occur in the Americas. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kokkuzo, which means to call like a common cuckoo. The genus includes the lizard cuckoos that were formerly included in the genus Saurothera.