I disagree I’m afraid. The general appearance is of a shining and there is no rufous in the tail. Without going into what the books say, my experience is that shinings often have the barring broken to some
degree. (2 right-hand phots are of the same bird)
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Paul Taylor [
Sent: Friday, 1 April 2016 9:07 PM
To: Canberra Birds
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Bronze-Cuckoo at Tidbinbilla- ID assistance
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo.
The mnemonic I use for these two is:
H = Horsfield's = half bars
S = Shining = Solid bars
On 1/04/2016 9:01 PM, Robin Hide wrote:
Is there any way of determining whether this is a Horsfield’s, or a Shining, Bronze-Cuckoo?
I thought Shining.
Seen briefly (only from below) at the Sanctuary at Tidbinbilla this morning.
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