Channel-billed Cuckoo
Sounds & Calls
Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)
Channel-billed Cuckoos migrate south from New Guinea to Australia to breed. They can sometimes be encountered in urban parks and gardens where there are fruiting trees such as Moreton Bag Figs (Ficus macrophylla).
This species is sometimes colloquially referred to as the ‘Storm Bird’ [Note: Pacific Koels (Eudynamys orientalis) are also sometimes referred to as storm birds!].
Listen to Channel-billed Cuckoo Sounds
Channel-billed Cuckoo – Typical song
XC150468 This first sample features the typical raucous squawking song of the Channel-billed Cuckoo. This sample was recorded at night at around 1:30am in Dharug National Park, NSW, Australia.
Channel-billed Cuckoo – Rapid piping call and squawks
XC295302 This sample starts with rapid piping notes which lead into the typical song. Towards the end of this cut there are some cackling calls. Recorded in Chaelundi National Park, NSW, Australia.
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Australian Bird Sounds
Other bird calls from the Australian bush:
- Bellbird, Crested
- Black Cockatoo, Red-tailed
- Black Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed
- Boobook, Australian
- Bowerbird, Golden
- Bowerbird, Satin
- Bowerbird, Spotted
- Budgerigar
- Butcherbird, Grey
- Butcherbird, Pied
- Catbird, Spotted
- Cassowary, Southern
- Chowchilla
- Cockatiel
- Cockatoo, Palm
- Cuckoo, Channel-billed
- Cuckoo, Fan-tailed
- Currawong, Black
- Currawong, Pied
- Drongo, Spangled
- Emu
- Fairywren, Superb
- Frogmouth, Marbled
- Frogmouth, Papuan
- Frogmouth, Tawny
- Fruit Dove, Wompoo
- Honeyeater, Spiny-cheeked
- Kingfisher, Sacred
- Koel, Pacific
- Kookaburra, Blue-winged
- Kookaburra, Laughing
- Lyrebird, Superb
- Magpie, Australian
- Miner, Bell
- Nightjar, Large-tailed
- Nightjar, Spotted
- Oriole, Green
- Owl, Australian Masked
- Owl, Eastern Barn
- Owl, Powerful
- Owl, Barking
- Owl, Lesser Sooty
- Owl, Greater Sooty
- Owlet-nightjar, Australian
- Parrot, Eclectus
- Pitta, Noisy
- Rosella, Crimson
- Shrikethrush, Grey
- Songlark, Rufous
- Wagtail, Willie
- Whipbird, Eastern
- Whistler, Australian Golden
- Whistler, Rufous