Juvenile Firetail Finch and Juvenile Cuckoo

["Steve Holliday" <>]

Looks like a juvenile Horsfield’s to me, young Black-eareds I have seen were decidedly paler and plainer looking

 

Steve

 

From: Philip Veerman [
Sent: Sunday, 21 December 2014 10:23 PM
To: 'kym bradley';
Subject: [canberrabirds] Juvenile Firetail Finch and Juvenile Cuckoo

 

I wonder if Kym's Juvenile Cuckoo could actually be a Black-eared Cuckoo. (One was reported recently.) The face pattern seems to me to match that far more than a HB-C, which would be the only other option. Anyone have thoughts on that?

 

Philip

 

 

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