• Synonyms Big Storm Bird, Flood Bird, Storm Bird, Channelbill, Channel billed Cuckoo, Fig Hawk
  • Old latin name for bird Cuculus praesagus

Channel-billed Cuckoobird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Song, © Nick Talbot
    Australia
  • 2.
    Song, © Marc Anderson
    Australia
  • 3.
    Song, © Marc Anderson
    Australia
  • 4.
    Call, © Peter Woodall
    Australia
  • 5.
    Flight call, © Colin Trainor
    East Timor
  • 6.
    Flight call, © Ding Li Yong
    Indonesia
  • 7.
    Begging call, © Peter Woodall
    Australia
  • 8.
    Call, © Marc Anderson
    Australia
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API
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Where to see Channel-billed Cuckoo

  • Breeding region Australasia
  • Breeding subregion Wallacea, n, e Australia and e Bismarck Arch.

Channel-billed Cuckoo subspecies (3)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Scythrops novaehollandiae fordiSulawesi, Tukangbesi Is. (se of se Sulawesi), Banggai and Sula is. (e of Sulawesi)-No
Scythrops novaehollandiae novaehollandiaeFlores and Sumba (wc Lesser Sundas), Buru (wc Moluccas) and ne WA to se NSW (n, e Australia)to Moluccas and New Guinea and satellitesNo
Scythrops novaehollandiae schoddeiLavongai (=New Hanover), New Ireland, New Britain and satellites (e Bismarck Arch.)to Solomon Is. and New CaledoniaNo

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
Catalancucut tucà
Chinese沟嘴鹃
Chinese (Traditional)溝嘴鵑
Croatianvelika kukavica
CzechKukacka obrovská, kukačka obrovská
DanishKæmpegøg
DutchReuzenkoekoek
Esperantoŝanelbeka kukolo
Estonianhiidnokk-kägu
Finnishjättikäki
FrenchCoucou présageur
GermanNashornkuckuck, Fratzenkuckuck
Hungariansólyomkakukk
IcelandicSperrigaukur
IndonesianKuréu, Karakalo australia
ItalianCuculo scanalato, Cuculo becco scanalato
Japaneseオオオニカッコウ
Lithuanianraukšlėtasnapė gegutė
Norwegianfikengjøk
Norwegian NynorskFikengauk
Polishzlobianka, żłobianka
Portuguesecuco-tucano
RussianИсполинская кукушка, Исполинский коэль
SerbianKukavica izrezbarenog kljuna
Slovakkukučka obrovská
SpanishCuco tucán
Swedishjättegök
TurkishTukan Guguğu
Ukrainianзозуля-велет