Channel-billed Cuckoo
Scythrops novaehollandiaeLatham, J, 1790
English (US) Channel-billed Cuckoo
The Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae) 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.
- Scientific name
- Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Channel-billed Cuckoo
- Described by
- Latham, J, 1790
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Scythrops novaehollandiae fordi
- Scythrops novaehollandiae novaehollandiae
- Scythrops novaehollandiae schoddei
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Scythrops novae Hollandiae
- Described by
- Latham, J, 1790
- Type locality
- New Holland = New South Wales.
- Original description
- Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 1 p.141
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Violet Cuckoo
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Diederik Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx caprius
Klaas's Cuckoo
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Yellow-throated Cuckoo
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African Emerald Cuckoo
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