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Channel-billed cuckoo A pair of channel-billed cuckoos arrived yesterday and decided to wake me up with their raucous voices - much like a chicken on steroids being strangled. Australia,Channel-billed cuckoo,Geotagged,Scythrops novaehollandiae,Spring Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Channel-billed cuckoo

A pair of channel-billed cuckoos arrived yesterday and decided to wake me up with their raucous voices - much like a chicken on steroids being strangled.

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Had to look it up:

     Posted one year ago, modified one year ago
  2. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    When compared to the above video, your description of its voice is perfect. Posted one year ago
    1. View Calbost Niel's profile
      Calbost Niel
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      Great find and thanks Christine Posted one year ago

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The Channel-billed cuckoo

The channel-billed cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is monotypic within the genus "Scythrops". The species is the largest brood parasite in the world, and the largest cuckoo.

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Similar species: Cuckoos
Species identified by Calbost Niel
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By Calbost Niel

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Uploaded Nov 11, 2023. Captured Nov 11, 2023 11:37 in 200W-201W Great Western Hwy, Hazelbrook NSW 2779, Australia.
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  • NIKON Z 7_2
  • f/9.0
  • 1/1000s
  • ISO900
  • 800mm