Channel-billed Cuckoo
In Australia, Papua New Guinea
and Indonesia...a vagrant in New
Caledonia and New Zealand.
and Indonesia...a vagrant in New
Caledonia and New Zealand.
Scythrops novaehollandiae
(L 23–26" Wt 1.2–2.1 lb)
Brisbane
City Botanic Gardens
16Oct2015
Scythrops is from Ancient Greek
for angry face; novaehollandia in
Mod Latin means New Holland,
17th & 18th C. name for eastern
Australia.
for angry face; novaehollandia in
Mod Latin means New Holland,
17th & 18th C. name for eastern
Australia.
Largest cuckoo in the world.
© Andrew
Spencer
Spencer
xeno-canto
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