Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo

[Phil & Sue Gregory <>]

Nice views of a calling Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo at Kingfisher Park  
Julatten, Far North Queensland on April 19, the bird is quite vocal  
and luckily started up just after we arrived around 3 pm. It's been  
around for a couple of weeks but is elusive, we tracked it and got it  
deep in a thicket near the toilet block. Keith and Lindsay Fisher get  
woken up by it some days! The call is very similar to Fan-tailed  
Cuckoo but slightly deeper and with shorter trills. It's a hill forest  
bird in New Guinea, whilst what is currently regarded as Fan-tailed  
Cuckoo there is montane, with a somewhat higher pitched call than the  
Australian birds.
Thanks to Keith and Lindsay at KP for their usual great hospitality.
Phil Gregory
www.cassowary-house.com.au
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