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Channel-billed Cuckoo
Scythrops novaehollandiae Latham, 1790
Cuculidae — Cuckoos
Channel-billed Cuckoo, Scythrops novaehollandiae, is a cuckoo of Australasia, breeding in Wallacea, northern and eastern Australia, and the eastern Bismarck Archipelago. It was named by Latham in 1790 and belongs to Cuculidae. The species is the largest cuckoo and the largest brood parasite in the world. It is the only member of its genus. Outside its breeding areas it also occurs in New Guinea and Indonesia, and birds have reached New Caledonia and New Zealand. Three subspecies are recognised, with one migratory form and two resident forms.
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae — Cuckoos
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Wallacea, n, e Australia and e Bismarck Arch.
