G'day again Greg,
I'm now more up to speed with you on this group after reading some extra
references and you were absolutely correct with your cautionary note. It's
not straight forward and the paired white tertials feature mentioned in a
couple of field guides(they actually look like longest scapular to me) are
not going to be helpful.
Tony Paliser's remarkable success at photographing one of the illusive pair
of live birds appears to be an immature so the task of identification is
going to be even more difficult from plumage features. Measurements taken of
the dead bird would now appear the most promising piece of evidence.
Cheers Jeff.
G'day Greg,
Mike Carter told me on the phone that the bird had a white inner most
tertial on each side, so I guess it must be the migratory species nisicolor,
which would also be the most likely. But let's wait and see the photos.
Cheers Jeff.
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On Behalf Of Greg Roberts
Sent: Sunday, 2 January 2011 12:20 PM
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Subject: Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo
A cautionary note about the recent Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoos from
Cocos-Keeling. This taxa is now several species. It would be nice to know
which species is being seen.
Greg Roberts
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