The White-crowned Cuckoo is a New Guinea bird with a glossy black body and a broad silvery-white crown band. It uses the forest canopy and feeds mainly on large insects and fruit.
Adults are glossy black with a broad silvery-white band across the crown. The wings have white bars and the tail feathers have narrow white tips. The sexes look alike.
It is usually seen alone or in pairs in the middle and upper tree layers. It feeds mainly on large insects, including caterpillars, and also eats fruit.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.