Cuckoo expert required

[Andy Burton's Bush Tours <>]

Hi Bob,

looks like a Shining Bronze-cuckoo to me.

regards, Andy

> Hello all,
> Are there any cuckoo experts out
> there?
> Actually an expert on cuckoos would be
> better.
>  
> On 15/9/2000 I observed a bronze-cuckoo
> in a callistermon tree in my backyard.
> I was able to get a reasonably good look
> at  the bird and also obtained a video clip with my new
> you-beaut camcorder.
> But even with all of that I am not one
> hundred percent sure of my identification.
>  
> I believe it was probably an immature
> Shining Bronze-Cuckoo, 
> Chrysococcyx lucidus lucidus.
>  
> None of the illustrations in my field
> guides or even HANZAB match the bird I observed.
> However, the description of Shining
> Bronze-Cuckoo in HANZAB suggests to me that I was looking
> at  Chrysococcyx lucidus lucidus
> .
>  
> I have placed a couple of images of the
> cuckoo on a page on my website for general consumption.
> Go to: http://www.powerup.com.au/~inglisrc/cuckoopics.htm
>  
> If there are any experts on cuckoos
> willing to comment on the images or my identification I would be
> happy to hear from them (by email please).
>  
> Bob Inglis
> Woody point SEQld,
> 27 deg 15min 18 sec S; 153 deg 5 min 38 sec E
> E-mail: 
> WWW: http://www.powerup.com.au/~inglisrc

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