Long-billed cuckoo
Chalcites megarhynchus (G. R. Gray, 1858)
The long-billed cuckoo (Chalcites megarhynchus) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 31.5 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the long-billed cuckoo
- Weight
- 31.5 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the long-billed cuckoo live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The long-billed cuckoo is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the long-billed cuckoo endangered?
The long-billed cuckoo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the long-billed cuckoo classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderCuculiformes
- familyCuculidae
- genusChalcites
- SpeciesChalcites megarhynchus (G. R. Gray, 1858)
Synonyms Chalcites megarhynchus sanfordi, Chrysococcyx megarhynchus, Chrysococcyx megarhynchus megarhynchus, Chrysococcyx megarhynchus sanfordi, Cuculus megarhynchus, Rhamphomantis megarhynchus
Other names and names in other languages (28)
- وقواق طويل المتقارArabic
- cucut becllargCatalan
- kukačka dlouhozobáCzech
- Langnæbbet GøgDanish
- LangschnabelkuckuckGerman
- longbeka kukoloEsperanto
- Cuclillo piquilargoSpanish
- pikknokk-käguEstonian
- pitkänokkakäkiFinnish
- Coucou à long becFrench
- hosszúcsőrű kakukkHungarian
- Wiwik paruh-panjangIndonesian
- Cuculo beccolungoItalian
- ハシナガヒメカッコウJapanese
- ilgasnapė gegutėLithuanian
- LangsnavelkoekoekDutch
- langnebbgjøkNorwegian
- kukułeczka długodziobaPolish
- cuco-de-bico-longoPortuguese
- cuco-de-bico-compridoPortuguese
- Длинноклювая кукушкаRussian
- kukučka dlhozobáSlovak
- Dugokljuna kukavicaSerbian
- långnäbbad glansgökSwedish
- Uzun Gagalı GugukTurkish
- зозуля довгодзьобаUkrainian
- 小長嘴鵑Chinese
- 小长嘴鹃Chinese
Relatives of the long-billed cuckoo
Other species in the same genus Chalcites.
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo
Chalcites basalis
Shining bronze cuckoo
Chalcites lucidus
Pied bronze cuckoo
Chalcites crassirostris
White-eared bronze cuckoo
Chalcites meyerii
Little bronze cuckoo
Chalcites minutillus
Black-eared cuckoo
Chalcites osculans
CompareLong-billed cuckoo vs Horsfield's bronze cuckooLong-billed cuckoo vs Shining bronze cuckooLong-billed cuckoo vs Pied bronze cuckooLong-billed cuckoo vs White-eared bronze cuckoo
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the long-billed cuckoo?
An adult long-billed cuckoo weighs 31.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the long-billed cuckoo live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the long-billed cuckoo for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the long-billed cuckoo endangered?
The long-billed cuckoo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the long-billed cuckoo?
The long-billed cuckoo (Chalcites megarhynchus) belongs to the family Cuculidae in the order Cuculiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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