Channel-billed Cuckoo
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Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae

[Photo] Channel-billed Cuckoo :: Scythrops novaehollandiae. Shy birds, channel-billed cuckoos roost and feed high in the treetops. Recognisable by their toucan-like bill, they grow to 67cm. Like most cuckoos, they lay their eggs in the nests of other birds (e.g. currawongs, magpies, crows), which then raise the cuckoo chicks. A summer visitor from Indonesia and New Guinea, the channel-billed cuckoo arrives in northern and eastern Australia around August-September, and departs March-April. Source: Flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/marj_k/1944189732/). Date: Taken on November 10, 2007. Author: marj k (www.flickr.com/photos/marj_k/).

The Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Scythrops. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

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