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Channel billed Cuckoo
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Channel billed Cuckoo
Size: 60cm
Habitat: This Spring-Summer visitor from the tropics, inhabits tall trees feeding on figs, small fruits and leaves. Parasitises the nests of other large birds and returns the following year to collect their young.
Notes: Large grey bird with white chest and belly. Large red eye surrounded by pink skin, bill large and curved. Barring on rump and tail. Breeds Spring-Summer.
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Channel billed Cuckoo
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