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Description: The migratory cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae) arrives in Australia from New Guinea during spring/summer. It lays its eggs in the nests of larger birds. The cuckoo chicks push out the other nestlings, and are raised by their 'foster' parents.
Title: Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae) juvenile being fed, 02
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