The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy Author Bishop, K. David text Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 2023 2023-03-06 143 1 3 62 journal article 298463 10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2 6028cf6b-e944-40d1-b774-7caa1c970409 2513-9894 11642130 805136AB-F3FE-4C77-85AC-E37423156B6D *CHANNEL-BILLED CUCKOO Scythrops novaehollandiae Range Biak, Yapen. Status Austral migrant. On mainland New Guinea this species is also a local breeder. No specimens from Biak , but regularly heard and seen since c .1995. Its status on Biak , as on mainland New Guinea , is unclear. However , on 30 August 2015 KDB saw five being chased persistently by a Torresian Crow Corvus orru in selectively logged forest on the north coast of Biak.