How big is a Long-billed Cuckoo?

The Long-billed Cuckoo is a small sized bird weighing about 32 g.

Where can you see a Long-billed Cuckoo?

The Long-billed Cuckoo occurs in 2 countries, including Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.

What birds look similar to a Long-billed Cuckoo?

The Long-billed Cuckoo is most easily confused with the White-eared Bronze Cuckoo.

Is the Long-billed Cuckoo endangered?

The Long-billed Cuckoo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Long-billed Cuckoo

Chalcites megarhynchus

Cuckoos · Cuculiformes · Legendary

The Long-billed Cuckoo (Chalcites megarhynchus) is a legendary cuckoo found in 2 countries, weighing about 32 g. The long-billed cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.

Least ConcernLegendaryEats invertebratesforest32 g

Long-billed Cuckoo (Chalcites megarhynchus), photo 1 — Photo: Marki, Petter · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Long-billed Cuckoo (Chalcites megarhynchus), photo 2 — Photo: Marki, Petter · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Long-billed Cuckoo (Chalcites megarhynchus), photo 3 — Photo: Marki, Petter · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

About the Long-billed Cuckoo

The long-billed cuckoo 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. This species was formerly placed in the genus Chrysococcyx.

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How to identify it

The long-billed cuckoo is a medium-sized cuckoo, measuring 18 cm (7.1 in) in length and weighing approximately 31 g (1.1 oz). 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.

Where it lives

Papua New Guinea Indonesia

When to see it

Best months: June, July, August, September, with peak activity in August. It is a winter visitor species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

White-eared Bronze CuckooChalcites meyerii

Quick questions

How do you identify a Long-billed Cuckoo?: The long-billed cuckoo is a medium-sized cuckoo, measuring 18 cm (7.1 in) in length and weighing approximately 31 g (1.1 oz). Full identification notes are on this page.
How big is a Long-billed Cuckoo?: The Long-billed Cuckoo is a small sized bird weighing about 32 g.
Where can you see a Long-billed Cuckoo?: The Long-billed Cuckoo occurs in 2 countries, including Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
What birds look similar to a Long-billed Cuckoo?: The Long-billed Cuckoo is most easily confused with the White-eared Bronze Cuckoo.
Is the Long-billed Cuckoo endangered?: The Long-billed Cuckoo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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