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Long-billed Cuckoo
Chalcites megarhynchus (Gray, GR, 1858)
Cuculidae — Cuckoos
Long-billed Cuckoo, Chalcites megarhynchus, is a cuckoo of the family Cuculidae found in Raja Ampat Islands, the Aru Islands and New Guinea in Australasia. It breeds in these parts of New Guinea and the islands to the north-west and south-west of it. The bird is notable for its long, black bill with a drooping tip. It was once included in the genus Chrysococcyx.
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae — Cuckoos
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Raja Ampat Is. (nw of New Guinea), Aru Is. (sw of New Guinea) and New Guinea
