HI people!
In my experience Fantailed Cuckoo are definitely migrants with most heading
north for the winter. In spring & autumn many of them fly into house windows
etc., as shown by upsurge of museum specimens & visitations to public gardens
like Alma Park in St.Kilda. A number however also stay & sometimes they can be
heard in the middle of winter. Much of this I think is due to conditions, I've
seen them in places with caterpillar infestations & if it is a good year for
caterpillars many of them stay behind. So partial migrant I suppose would be
the closest term.-Kevin Bartram
> From:
> To: ; ;
> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 11:28:38 +0200
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Fan-tailed Cuckoo migration in southern Victoria
>
> Pizzey an Knight states that Fan-tailed Cuckoo is part-migratory with an
> inland autumn migration. I suppose you might describe it as a post-breeding
> dispersal, with some moving inland and others remaining. In the apps the
> distribution map colours indicate the movement between summer and winter
> quite well.
>
> Regards
> Guy Gibbon
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
> Peter Ewin
> Sent: 17 June 2014 09:43 AM
> To: Sonja Ross; Birding Aus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Fan-tailed Cuckoo migration in southern Victoria
>
> I never actually thought that Fan-tailed Cuckoos were migratory (they just
> went quiet over winter) but as it happened I heard one as I walked home in
> Albury this afternoon - the first one I have actually heard at my house
> since moving in December.
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
> > From:
> > Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 09:39:54 +1000
> > To:
> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Fan-tailed Cuckoo migration in southern Victoria
> >
> > I took a visiting German out yesterday and think we heard a Fan-tailed
> Cuckoo calling near Anglesea Heath. I had thought that they would have
> moved north by now, so wonder if some do stay here, or has the warm start
> winter delayed its departure? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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