Birds · A regular.
Channel-billed Cuckoo
Scythrops novaehollandiae
First heard here 23 Sept · last heard 5 Nov · 17 days in the last year · 44 detections on record
Hear it
A clear recording song, recorded in Australia
Nick Talbot, xeno-canto, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Trimmed to 20 seconds.
What to look for
The channel-billed cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is monotypic within the genus Scythrops. The species is the largest brood parasite in the world, and the largest cuckoo.
Read more on Wikipedia (Channel-billed cuckoo)
When it has been heard
Busiest day so far: Tuesday 27 October, 8 detections between 7:21am and 7:13pm.
Time of day
Busiest around 7am. From 17 days with hourly counts.
| Day | Heard | First | Last | Peak confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov | 1 | 8:39am | 8:39am | 84% |
| 4 Nov | 3 | 6:34pm | 6:35pm | 100% |
| 30 Oct | 1 | 6:55am | 6:55am | 85% |
| 29 Oct | 4 | 6:39am | 7:09am | 99% |
| 27 Oct | 8 | 7:21am | 7:13pm | 100% |
| 26 Oct | 2 | 8:00am | 8:00am | 100% |
| 22 Oct | 1 | 7:09am | 7:09am | 95% |
| 21 Oct | 3 | 4:10am | 6:07am | 99% |
| 17 Oct | 2 | 6:03am | 6:38am | 84% |
| 16 Oct | 7 | 7:18am | 12:39pm | 96% |
| 5 Oct | 4 | 6:47am | 1:13pm | 77% |
| 4 Oct | 2 | 1:42pm | 2:59pm | 80% |
| 1 Oct | 2 | 5:58am | 6:02am | 76% |
| 26 Sept | 1 | 1:48pm | 1:48pm | 70% |
| 25 Sept | 1 | 3:43am | 3:43am | 72% |
| 24 Sept | 1 | 4:33pm | 4:33pm | 71% |
| 23 Sept | 1 | 5:06am | 5:06am | 73% |
Detections are automatic and can be wrong.