No dark line thru eye, so not Horsfield's. It's a Shining Bronze-Cuckoo.
Cheers, Steve
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From: Charles via Birding-Aus
Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2017 8:43 PM
To: David Jackson
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Subject: Help with identification
Either Horsfield’s or Shining Bronze Cuckoo I reckon. If I had to pick it
would be Horsfield’s.
Will see what the experts say.
Cheers,
Charles Hunter
Bronte
> On 8 Oct 2017, at 4:47 pm, David Jackson <> wrote:
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> While wandering around Bongil Bongil National Park a week or so ago, I was
> looking over a vegetation-covered dune to sea and caught a few very poor
> photos (long distance, only 250 mm lens, hand held) of a bird scrambling
> around. Three of these are attached (lowish resolution for email). The
> bird
> was circa 15 cm in length, juvenile I guess but the most striking thing
> was
> its back. In the sun, the back had a number of greenish-goldish flecks
> which
> were most striking-indeed iridescent in the bright sun. Any suggestions on
> what this bird could be?
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> Many thanks in advance
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> David at Blackheath
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