Channel-billed Cuckoo
- Score
- 1.9453666
- Family
- Cuculidae
- Tail Shape
- long
- Wing Shape
- broad
Why it matters
The Channel-billed Cuckoo (*Scythrops novaehollandiae*) is the world’s largest cuckoo, distinguished by its massive, down-curved bill and distinctive long tail. As an obligate brood parasite, it is well-known for laying its eggs in the nests of other large birds, such as currawongs or magpies, which then inadvertently raise the cuckoo chicks as their own.
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