Steve Hitchcock
Channel-billed Cuckoo - Scythrops novaehollandiae. Male 58-65 cm
The Channel-billed Cuckoo is the largest parasitic cuckoo in the world. Apart from the Channel-billed Cuckoo's large size, migrates to northern and eastern Australia from New Guinea and Indonesia between August and October each year. The birds leave Australia in February or March.
Channel-billed Cuckoo's diet consists of native figs and native fruits, though some seeds, insects and even baby birds are also taken.
Photographed Darwin Botanical Gardens, Northern Territory, Australia.
Steve Hitchcock © All rights reserved
Channel-billed Cuckoo - Scythrops novaehollandiae. Male 58-65 cm
The Channel-billed Cuckoo is the largest parasitic cuckoo in the world. Apart from the Channel-billed Cuckoo's large size, migrates to northern and eastern Australia from New Guinea and Indonesia between August and October each year. The birds leave Australia in February or March.
Channel-billed Cuckoo's diet consists of native figs and native fruits, though some seeds, insects and even baby birds are also taken.
Photographed Darwin Botanical Gardens, Northern Territory, Australia.
Steve Hitchcock © All rights reserved