Long-billed Cuckoo (Chalcites megarhynchus)

Other Names (World)
Long-billed Cuckoo, Little Long-billed Cuckoo

Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gray, 1858)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

Long-billed Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx megarhynchus) [XC39177]
by Iain Woxvold from near Kiunga on Boys Town Road, Papua New Guinea (?)

Long-billed Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx megarhynchus) [XC24749]
by Mike Catsis from Kiunga Boys Town Road, Papua New Guinea (song)

Subspecies
Subspecies sanfordi known only from one specimen, claimed to be an adult female. Validity probably requires reassessment.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

megarhynchus (Gray, 1858) - New Guinea (Vogelkop and interior of northern coast east to Kumusi R) and Aru Is.
sanfordi Stresemann and Paludan, 1932 - Waigeo I.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Long-billed Cuckoo (Chalcites megarhynchus) - 4 files

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