Long-billed Cuckoo
Chalcites megarhynchus(Gray, GR, 1858)
English (US) Long-billed Cuckoo
The Long-billed Cuckoo (Chalcites megarhynchus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cuculidae (Cuckoos) in the order Cuculiformes.
Range: New Guinea including Waigeo (Raja Ampat Islands) and Aru IslandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chalcites megarhynchus
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Long-billed Cuckoo
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1858)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cuculus megarhynchus
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1858)
- Type locality
- Aru Islands.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.26, no.358 p.184
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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