Channel-billed Cuckoos

[Hugo Phillipps <>]

Scott O'Keeffe wrote:

>Is it my imagination or has there been a rather obvious increase in the
>number of Channel-billed Cuckoos in southeast Qld in the last 5-7
>years?

There is certainly some evidence, which will be referred to in HANZAB Vol.4
when it is published next year, that CBCs have increased in recent years in
places in SE Queensland and in New South Wales, and thought to be a
consequence of increases in host species: Australian Magpies, Torresian
Crows and Pied Currawongs.

Cheers,  Hugo.

Hugo Phillipps,
Birds Australia Conservation & Liaison,
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