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Channel-billed Cuckoo in Queensland Rainforest We climbed a small mountain in Clump Mountain NP hear where we were staying, and as we sweated up the trail, I stopped near the summit and looked up and there in a clearing in the trees were a few of these. I had never heard of them and struggled initially to identify them, but they are interesting if often overlooked birds. Australia,Australia.,Channel-billed Cuckoo,Geotagged,Queensland,Scythrops novaehollandiae,Spring Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Channel-billed Cuckoo in Queensland Rainforest

We climbed a small mountain in Clump Mountain NP hear where we were staying, and as we sweated up the trail, I stopped near the summit and looked up and there in a clearing in the trees were a few of these. I had never heard of them and struggled initially to identify them, but they are interesting if often overlooked birds.

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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.

Similar species: Cuckoos
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Uploaded May 26, 2017. Captured Oct 21, 2011 02:51 in 72 Holt Rd, Garners Beach QLD 4852, Australia.
  • Canon PowerShot SX30 IS
  • f/5.8
  • 1/1002s
  • ISO80
  • 150.5mm