Channel Billed Cuckoo.
Taken near Kurrajong, NSW.
The Channel-billed Cuckoo lays its eggs in the nests of other large birds such as the Australian Magpie, the Pied Currawong, and members of the crow family. Unlike many other cuckoos, the young birds do not evict the host's young or eggs from the nest, but simply grow faster and demand all the food, thus starving the others.
They are notorious for calling all night long during the breeding season. This species is sometimes known as the Storm-bird.
Channel Billed Cuckoo.
Taken near Kurrajong, NSW.
The Channel-billed Cuckoo lays its eggs in the nests of other large birds such as the Australian Magpie, the Pied Currawong, and members of the crow family. Unlike many other cuckoos, the young birds do not evict the host's young or eggs from the nest, but simply grow faster and demand all the food, thus starving the others.
They are notorious for calling all night long during the breeding season. This species is sometimes known as the Storm-bird.