Evevning all,
I have seen what I thought was an adult Pallid Cuckoo feeding a juvenile near
Loughnan Nature Reserve (central NSW near Hillston) in the mid 90s - my
recollectionwas that the bird being fed was in juvenile plumage and was
certainly making a very distinctive begging call (which is what attracted me in
the first place). Unfortunately I can't track down the exact date, but I
suspect it was late November which would match the time frames of the recent
photograph.
I thought there was some research that suggested that adult cuckoos
occassionally fed juveniles when encountered (can't resist the parenting
instinct themselves) and from handling a few banded birds they definately
develop brood patches. There is the possibility that juvenile plumage is
retained for longer periods, and females have a range of plumages (in many
cuckoos they have the 'hepatic' or reddish form) but I would be surprised if
there are not documented examples of adult cuckoos feeding known juvenile birds
(i.e. observed also being fed by host parents) in the literature.
Cheers,
Peter
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> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 12:14:00 +1100
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Cuckoo ID from Norfolk Island
>
> I agree that it is a Pallid Cuckoo but as I recently learned when discussing
> with others a claim put to me of an adult Pallid Cuckoo feeding a juvenile
> Pallid Cuckoo, it is not necessarily a juvenile. More likely I suggest it is
> an adult female. Apparently female Pallid Cuckoos can resemble, perhaps
> retain, juvenile plumage into adulthood. In that instance it was concluded
> that it was a male courting an adult female by feeding her, a behaviour that
> has also previously been misinterpreted.
> In Margaret Christian's book 'Norfolk Island - the Birds' (2005), Pallid
> Cuckoo has the status of 'rare vagrant'.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> martin cachard
> Sent: Friday, 21 November 2014 8:21 AM
> To: greg clancy; Craig Doolan;
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Cuckoo ID from Norfolk Island
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> i'm with Greg, a young Pallid Cuckoo for mine...
> cheers,
>
> martin cachard,
> cairns
>
>
>
> > From:
> > To: ;
> > Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 22:29:33 +1100
> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Cuckoo ID from Norfolk Island
> >
> > Looks like a juvenile-immature Pallid Cuckoo to me.
> >
> > Regards
> > Greg
> >
> > Dr Greg. P. Clancy
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> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Craig Doolan
> > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 5:31 PM
> > To:
> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Cuckoo ID from Norfolk Island
> >
> > Can anyone help me out with the ID of this cuckoo observed on Norfolk
> > Island yesterday morning??
> >
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> > Thanks,
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> > Craig Doolan
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