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.
Long-billed cuckoo | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cuculiformes |
Family: | Cuculidae |
Genus: | Chalcites |
Species: | C. megarhynchus
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Binomial name | |
Chalcites megarhynchus (Gray, 1858)
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References
edit- ^ a b BirdLife International (2012). "Chalcites megarhynchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.