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Fan-tailed Cuckoo migration in southern Victoria

To: Kev Lobotomi <>
Subject: Fan-tailed Cuckoo migration in southern Victoria
From: Sonja Ross <>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 10:58:32 +1000
Thanks, Kevin.

It does seem from what people are saying that there are definitely some here in 
the winter.   I wonder if the same applies to Olive-backed Orioles considering 
the one reported on BirdLine Vic. from WTP on Sunday?

Thanks again everyone,

Sonja


On 17/06/2014, at 10:04 PM, Kev Lobotomi <> wrote:

> HI people!
> In my experience Fantailed Cuckoo are definitely migrants with most heading 
> north for the winter. In spring & autumn many of them fly into house windows 
> etc., as shown by upsurge of museum specimens & visitations to public gardens 
> like Alma Park in St.Kilda. A number however also stay & sometimes they can 
> be heard in the middle of winter. Much of this I think is due to conditions, 
> I've seen them in places with caterpillar infestations & if it is a good year 
> for caterpillars many of them stay behind. So partial migrant I suppose would 
> be the closest term.-Kevin Bartram
>  
> > From: 
> > To: ; ; 
> > Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 11:28:38 +0200
> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Fan-tailed Cuckoo migration in southern Victoria
> > 
> > Pizzey an Knight states that Fan-tailed Cuckoo is part-migratory with an
> > inland autumn migration. I suppose you might describe it as a post-breeding
> > dispersal, with some moving inland and others remaining. In the apps the
> > distribution map colours indicate the movement between summer and winter
> > quite well.
> > 
> > Regards
> > Guy Gibbon
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Birding-Aus  On Behalf Of
> > Peter Ewin
> > Sent: 17 June 2014 09:43 AM
> > To: Sonja Ross; Birding Aus
> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Fan-tailed Cuckoo migration in southern Victoria
> > 
> > I never actually thought that Fan-tailed Cuckoos were migratory (they just
> > went quiet over winter) but as it happened I heard one as I walked home in
> > Albury this afternoon - the first one I have actually heard at my house
> > since moving in December.
> > Cheers,
> > Peter
> > 
> > > From: 
> > > Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 09:39:54 +1000
> > > To: 
> > > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Fan-tailed Cuckoo migration in southern Victoria
> > > 
> > > I took a visiting German out yesterday and think we heard a Fan-tailed
> > Cuckoo calling near Anglesea Heath. I had thought that they would have
> > moved north by now, so wonder if some do stay here, or has the warm start
> > winter delayed its departure? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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