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Cuckoo, Channel-billed

Scythrops novaehollandiae


Breeding visitor, mostly occurring Sep to March, with a few
stragglers remaining to Jun-Jul. Migrates to New Guinea and e Indonesia. Occurs
in the canopy of a variety of woodland and forest types, usually with fig
trees. The world’s largest brood-parasite, usually laying in nests of crows, ravens
and currawongs.

The Australian Bird Guide, Peter Menkhorst et al

Classifications: Bird, forest and grassland
Family: Cuculidae
Information sources: Photo taken at Seaforth by Marlis Schoeb

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