ID help pl

[Julie Clark <>]

Thanks to all who responded regarding the cuckoo Id at Mulligan's Flat.

Jill and I also think they were Brush Cuckoos, based on eye ring colour, squarish tail etc 

In the same area that day we also watched Pallid Cuckoos feeding on grubs.

The previous day we saw a young Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo​ being fed by host parents ... yellow-rumped thornbills.

It could feed itself but it preferred the tiny offerings from the 'parents'.

Also of interest were numerous nesting birds including:

sacred kingfishers, white-throated and western gerygone, olive-backed oriole and white-winged trillers .. (probably others I've forgotten ... most likely leaden flycatchers).

Cheers

Julie

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 11:10 PM, Philip Veerman <> wrote:

Good. I think that makes a lot more sense out of the pictures..........

 

From: Virginia Abernathy [
Sent: Wednesday, 18 November 2015 10:22 PM
To: Michael Craig;
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] ID help pl

 

Mike,

 

Just saw your email about this. I forgot to look up Brush Cuckoo as a possibility. I agree they definitely look more like this species. 

 

Virginia

 

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From: Michael Craig <>
Sent: 18 November 2015 01:20
To:
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] ID help pl

 

These are definitely Brush Cuckoos. Adult female Brush Cuckoos have an uncommon barred morph (as well as the more typical unbarred morph) and I suspect this may be a case of courtship feeding by a male to a barred female Brush Cuckoo.

 

Mike

 

From: Ken Bissett [
Sent: Tuesday, 17 November 2015 5:05 PM
To:
Subject: [canberrabirds] ID help pl

 

Julie & I were at Mulligans today and spied these two. Both look like cuckoos but 1 was definitely acting as a parent and feeding the other.  ID help greatly appreciated.

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Julie Clark