DCHP-3

Canadian cuckoo

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the whip-poor-will, Antrostomus vociferus.

Quotations

1822
The Canadian Cuckoo is not the bird that bears that appellation in England but has obtained the name here from an imitation of the sound of that word.
1846
A bird, called Whip-poor­-will, is called the Canadian cuckoo . . . from the very distinct manner in which it pronounces the words.