Long-billed cuckoo
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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.
Description
Thelong-billed cuckoo is a medium-sized cuckoo, measuring Template:Cvt in length and weighing approximately Template:Cvt. Adult males are characterized by dark brown upperparts, a black head, and dull greyish-brown underparts, along with a red eye-ring and iris, and a long, black bill with a drooping tip. Females differ with dark cinnamon upperparts, a dark grey-brown head, and a rufous buff, finely barred breast and belly, transitioning to cinnamon on the lower breast; their iris is dark brown with a narrow whitish outer ring. Juveniles exhibit cinnamon upperparts, a pale grey and brown face, a dark eye-ring, and a dark brown iris.[2]
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