Channel-billed cuckoo
SpeciesBirds
The world's largest brood parasite and cuckoo
1.25Uncommon
Uncommon
Channel-billed cuckoo
- Birds
The channel-billed cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae) is a cuckoo species in the family Cuculidae and the only species in the genus Scythrops. It is described as the world’s largest brood parasite and the largest cuckoo. It occurs in Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia, with vagrant records in New Caledonia and New Zealand. Three subspecies are recognized, including one migratory subspecies and two resident ones.
- Scientific name
- Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Genus
- Scythrops, monotypic
- Conservation status
- Least concern
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Channel-billed cuckoo (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q616692
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Paul Balfe. CC BY 2.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsPaul Balfe, Channel-billed CuckooModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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