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Long-billed cuckoo

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Long-billed cuckoo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Chalcites
Species:
C. megarhynchus
Binomial name
Chalcites megarhynchus
(Gray, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Rhamphomantis megarhynchus

The long-billed cuckoo (Chalcites megarhynchus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. Found in the Aru Islands and New Guinea, its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[1] This species was formerly placed in the genus Chrysococcyx.

References

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  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2012). "Chalcites megarhynchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.