Channel-billed Cuckoo

Scythrops novaehollandiae

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. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 51,668 times across 11 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Each season it is first heard regularly where daytime highs are around 27°C (typically 23 to 29°C, from 5 areas).

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in Oceania ranged from 28°S in March to 13°S in June, about 1,700 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.