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| Scythrops novaehollandiae |
(Latham, 1790) |
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Family: Cuculidae |
Order: Cuculiformes |
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Channel-billed cuckoo |
Coucou présageur |
Cuco tucan |
Fratzenkuckuck |
| Migration: intercontinental |
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non-breeders in New Guinea all year round |
Migratory and seasonal in Australia, where appears first on N coast; passage migrant through Torres Strait.
Occurs in Northern Territory Oct-Apr. Rare in Queensland in Sept-Apr, though numbers winter in N Cape York
Peninsula and Torres Strait region. Occurs in New Guinea in all months, but is not known to breed there; these
involve mainly non-breeding birds from Australia. Vagrant New Zealand and New Caledonia.
(del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1997)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1997) - www.hbw.com,
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |