Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Long-billed Cuckoo (Rhamphomantis megarhynchus) - HBW 4, p. 569
French: Coucou à long bec
German: Langschnabelkuckuck
Spanish: Cuclillo Piquilargo
Other common names: Little Long-billed Cuckoo
Taxonomy: Cuculus megarhynchus G. R. Gray, 1858, Aru Islands.
Race sanfordi known only from one specimen, claimed to be an adult female; in type description, this bird would appear rather similar to juveniles of nominate race; as juvenile and subadult plumages of this species have only very recently begun to be understood, validity of race sanfordi probably requires reassessment. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- megarhynchus (G. R. Gray, 1858) - New Guinea (Vogelkop and interior of N coast E to Kumusi R) and Aru Is.
- sanfordi Stresemann & Paludan, 1932 - Waigeo I.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Adult perched
Locality Kiunga, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp megarhynchus)
Nik Borrow 10 July 2007 2 years ago 3
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