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RE: Brush Cuckoo nostrils

from [Wallaces] [Permanent Link][Original]
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Subject: RE: Brush Cuckoo nostrils
From: Wallaces <>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 04:22:13 +0000

Below is a list of links to photos showing this nasal structure for all the species in the same genus as the Brush Cuckoo (Cacomantis).

 

Steve

 

Banded Bay Cuckoo

http://www.hbw.com/ibc/photo/banded-bay-cuckoo-cacomantis-sonneratii/head-detail-bird-hand

Brush Cuckoo

http://www.hbw.com/ibc/photo/brush-cuckoo-cacomantis-variolosus/dorsal-view-immature-bird

Fantail Cuckoo

http://photos.beilby.com/index.php?showimage=433

http://www.hbw.com/ibc/photo/fan-tailed-cuckoo-cacomantis-flabelliformis/lateral-view

Grey-bellied Cuckoo

http://www.hbw.com/ibc/photo/grey-bellied-cuckoo-cacomantis-passerinus/adult-perched-0

Moluccan Cuckoo

http://www.hbw.com/ibc/photo/moluccan-cuckoo-cacomantis-aeruginosus/immature-understorey

Pallid Cuckoo

http://bushpea.com/bd/pg/all/p/pallid%20cuckoo%2010.html

http://www.hbw.com/ibc/photo/pallid-cuckoo-heteroscenes-pallidus/fledgling-being-fed-willie-wagtail

Plaintive Cuckoo

http://www.hbw.com/ibc/photo/plaintive-cuckoo-cacomantis-merulinus/male-plaintive-cuckoo

Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo

http://www.hbw.com/ibc/photo/chestnut-breasted-cuckoo-cacomantis-castaneiventris/adult-bird-hand

 

 

From: Wallaces [
Sent: Wednesday, 16 November 2016 7:27 PM
To: Canberra birds
Subject: Brush Cuckoo nostrils

 

I was lucky enough to get close enough to a Brush Cuckoo on Mount Majura today to notice it’s nostrils – circular (as is characteristic of the genus) and protruding from the beak as a short tube. See hbw.com/ibc/1292837.

 

Steve

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