Cuculiformes / Cuculidae / Scythrops

Channel-billed Cuckoo

Scythrops novaehollandiae

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Scythrops novaehollandiae fordi

Sulawesi region, including Banggai and Sula islands (off eastern Sulawesi), and Tukangbesi islands (off southeastern Sulawesi)
Scythrops novaehollandiae novaehollandiae

breeds northern and eastern Australia; winters northward to New Guinea, Lesser Sundas, and Moluccas
Scythrops novaehollandiae schoddei

Bismarck Archipelago

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.