CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Scythrops novaehollandiae  

Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)
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© Larry Dunis 2010
Wivenhoe, QLD (Mar, 2010)

This bird was getting around with at least two other Channel-billed Cuckoos and at this time of the year (March) they are probably preparing to migrate north to New Guinea or Indonesia.

Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)

Channel-billed Cuckoo

Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)

Channel-billed Cuckoo