Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus americanus · Western DPS: U.S.A. (AZ, ██████ (western), ID, MT (western), NM (western), NV, OR, TX (western), UT, WA, WY (western)); Canada (████████████████ (southwestern); Mexico (███████████████, ███████████████████, ██████████████████ (western), ███████████████) · ECOS entity 6901

In plain words

Federal ESA status Threatened

The Yellow-billed Cuckoo is listed as threatenedthreatened: Likely to become endangered soon. under the federal Endangered Species ActEndangered Species Act: The federal law from 1973 that protects listed animals and plants.. This is the U.S. federal status. It is not the IUCN Red List or a state list. The latest step was a 5-year review notice, published on November 14, 2024. The next date that matters is November 14, 2029: the statutory datestatutory date: The date the law sets for a step. for the 5-year review notice. Preliminary: AI software read the record this date counts from. AI (Claude) checked a sample of the dates; no person has verified them.

Next date that matters — the statutory date for the 5-year review notice Preliminary: AI software read the record this date counts from. AI (Claude) checked a sample of the dates; no person has verified them.

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Each step shows up to three dates: the date the law sets, the date in the agency's workplan or set by a court, and the date the step was published. Every date links to the document it comes from.

Timeline for Yellow-billed Cuckoo
StepStatutory dateWorkplan or court-ordered datePublished (Federal Register)
90-day finding90-day finding: The agency's first answer to a petition, saying whether it is worth a full review.
Statutory date May 3, 1998 (90-day finding, 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)). Federal Register coverage starts October 24, 2024; earlier publications are not on the record yet. 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A) Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.
Statute wording for this date: "to the maximum extent practicable". 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)
Statutory date August 2, 2017 (90-day finding, 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)). Federal Register coverage starts October 24, 2024; earlier publications are not on the record yet. 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A) Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.
Statute wording for this date: "to the maximum extent practicable". 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)
Not in the workplan Not published as of October 24, 2026
5-year review notice
Statutory date November 3, 2019 (5-year review, 16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(A); counted from the ECOS listing date). Federal Register coverage starts October 24, 2024; earlier publications are not on the record yet. 16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(A)
Statute wording for this date: "at least once every five years". 16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(A)
Recurs every 5 years (5-year review, 16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(A)); this cycle counts from the final listing rule or 5-year review of November 14, 2024. 16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(A)
Statutory date November 14, 2029 (5-year review, 16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(A)). No 5-year review notice published in the Federal Register as of October 24, 2026. Preliminary: AI software read the record this date counts from. AI (Claude) checked a sample of the dates; no person has verified them. 16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(A)
Statute wording for this date: "at least once every five years". 16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(A)
Not in the workplan
5-year review notice published in the Federal Register on November 14, 2024. FR 2024-26525

Petitions

  • “Yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus); Emergency listing as Endangered with critical habitat”: petition date (closed). Source: ECOS petitions report, ECOS species profile. Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.
  • “█████████████████████ (Coccyzus americanus) - Western U.S. ███; delist”: petition date (active). Source: ECOS petitions report, ECOS species profile. Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.

Identifiers and sources

This record
https://conservanode.org/id/species/6901
ECOS
Species profile 3911
Federal Register
Regulations.gov