Channel-billed Cuckoo
Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,142
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The channel-billed cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is monotypic within the genus Scythrops. The species is the largest brood parasite in the world, and the largest cuckoo. It is found in Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia; additionally, it is vagrant in New Caledonia and New Zealand. The species is migratory over part of its range. There are three subspecies, one migratory, the other two resident. The species is listed as least concern by the IUCN.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Channel-billed cuckoo”.