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Channel-billed Cuckoo
Scythrops novaehollandiae · Family Cuculidae
Scythrops novaehollandiae
Family Cuculidae
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 141,008
- Countries and territories with records
- 9
About this species
This species has 141,008 occurrence records from 9 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Australia (97.7%), Indonesia (1.2%) and Papua New Guinea (1%); together they account for 99.9% of the total. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.13% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Scythrops novaehollandiae combines the genus name Scythrops with the species epithet novaehollandiae. It is the only species of the genus Scythrops in the Warbla app catalog.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 144 species of the family Cuculidae. This species ranks 20th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Cuculus canorus. Its record count is 1.6 times the family average (90,374). The family Cuculidae belongs to the order Cuculiformes, which has 146 species in the Warbla app catalog.