Id Please

[Julie Clark <>]

​Thanks to those who responded. General consensus was a juvenile Brush Cuckoo.

 We debated which of the two (pallid or brush) it could be, but now have the correct answer.

Many thanks

Julie

On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 11:09 PM, Julie Clark <> wrote:

Thanks Philip. I appreciate the information​.

On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 10:28 PM, Philip Veerman <> wrote:

I forgot to write this bird is mostly speckled brown, quite different from the mostly untidy blackish, whitish & grey of a juvenile Pallid Cuckoo.

 

From: Julie Clark [
Sent: Wednesday, 13 January 2016 9:58 PM
To: Philip Veerman
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Id Please

 

Hi Philip,

 

I must admit Brush was my immediate Id while we were at Mulligan's, but ​it was actually quite light underneath and on the throat when viewing photos, so I thought maybe pallid, but I've never actually seen a young pallid before.​

 

Thanks for the information and response.

 

Cheers

Julie

 

On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 9:42 PM, Philip Veerman <> wrote:

I say it is a juvenile Brush Cuckoo. The juvenile Pallid Cuckoo is mainly blackish, whitish & grey. They have a basic colour scheme like if you imagine a very speckled Cockatiel. That it is so speckled on the back (and wing coverts & secondaries doesn’t fit a juvenile Fantailed Cuckoo.

 

Philip

 

From: Julie Clark [
Sent: Wednesday, 13 January 2016 8:53 PM
To: COG Chatline
Subject: [canberrabirds] Id Please

 

Hi All,

 

Jill and I saw this cuckoo at Mulligan's Flat today, seemingly in the company of a pair of leaden flycatchers. Our view was obscured and then also from quite a distance.

 

Our best attempt at an ID is a juvenile pallid cuckoo, but advice from others would be appreciated.

 

Cheers

Julie

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