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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.
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When to see the Long-billed Cuckoo
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 4 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Long-billed Cuckoo
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
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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Easily confused with
Pied Bronze CuckooChalcites crassirostrisThe pied bronze cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.
White-eared Bronze CuckooChalcites meyeriiThe white-eared bronze cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.
Rufous-throated Bronze CuckooChalcites ruficollisThe rufous-throated bronze cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.
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