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Cuckoos
Family Cuculidae

 

Eastern Koel
Channel-billed Cuckoo
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Black-eared Cuckoo
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Pallid Cuckoo
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Brush Cuckoo


   Eastern Koel ( Eudynamys orientalis ) [ Uncommon non-breeding migrant in the ACT. Records have been more frequent since 1986 ]

Common Koel juvenile
Juvenile, raised by Red Wattlebird.
Photo by David Cook
Common Koel juvenile being fed by Red Wattlebird
Juvenile (Red Wattlebird host).
Photo by David Cook
Common Koel male
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Common Koel
Female.
Photo by John Gordon
Common Koel
Photo by John Gordon
Common Koel
Photo by John Gordon
Common Koel
Photo by John Gordon
Common Koel
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Common Koel
Female.
Photo by Stuart Harris


   Channel-billed Cuckoo ( Scythrops novaehollandiae ) [ Rare vagrant in our area, with the possibility of one breeding record ]

Channel-billed Cuckoo
Juvenile.
Photo by Harvey Perkins
Channel-billed Cuckoo
Juvenile with Pied Currawong
foster parent.
Photo by Harvey Perkins


   Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalites basalis ) [ Common breeding migrant mainly on the tablelands. A few birds occur in winters in some years ]

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Photo by Anthony Overs
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Photo by Harvey Perkins
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Photo by David Cook
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Photo by David Cook
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Photo by Lindsay Hansch
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Photo by Roger Curnow
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Photo by Roger Curnow
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Photo by Roger Curnow
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Photo by Lindsay Hansch
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Immature.
Mulligans Flat, ACT.
Photo by Julian Robinson
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Kellys Rd, ACT.
Photo by Julian Robinson
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Photo by Stuart Harris


   Black-eared Cuckoo ( Chalites osculans ) [ Rare non-breeding vagrant ]

Black-eared Cuckoo
Photo by David Cook
Black-eared Cuckoo
Uriarra Crossing, ACT.
Photo by Stuart Harris
Black-eared Cuckoo
Photo by Stuart Harris
Black-eared Cuckoo
Uriarra Crossing, ACT.
Photo by Stuart Harris
Black-eared Cuckoo
Uriarra Crossing, ACT.
Photo by Stuart Harris


   Shining Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalites lucidus ) [ Common breeding migrant species. Odd birds are recorded in some winters ]

Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Wamboin, NSW.
Photo by David Cook
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Wamboin, NSW.
Photo by David Cook
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Wamboin, NSW.
Photo by David Cook
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Photo by Anthony Overs
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Photo by Anthony Overs
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Photo by Harvey Perkins
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Photo by Stuart Harris
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Wamboin, NSW.
Photo by David Cook
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Wamboin, NSW.
Photo by David Cook


   Pallid Cuckoo ( Cacomantis pallidus ) [ Common warm weather breeding migrant. There are odd winter records ]

Pallid Cuckoo
Photo by Graeme Chapman
Pallid Cuckoo
Photo by Lindsay Hansch
Pallid Cuckoos
Photo by Stuart Harris
Pallid Cuckoo
Wamboin, NSW.
Photo by
David Cook
Pallid Cuckoo
Wamboin, NSW.
Photo by
David Cook
White-plumed Honeater feeding juvenile Pallid Cuckoo
White-plumed Honeyeater
Feeding juvenile Pallid Cuckoo.
Photo by Julian Robinson
Pallid Cuckoo
Photo by Martin Butterfield
Pallid Cuckoo
Photo by Lindsay Hansch


   Fan-tailed Cuckoo ( Cacomantis flabelliformis ) [ Common breeding migrant. Some birds occasionally remain over winter ]

Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Photo by Graeme Chapman
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Photo by Rhonda Abbott
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Photo by David Cook
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Photo by David Cook
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Photo by David Cook
Fan-tailed Cuckoo juvenile
Juvenile.
Photo by Paul Taylor
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Photo by Lindsay Hansch
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Photo by Lindsay Hansch
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Photo by Rhonda Hansch
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Photo by John Gordon
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Photo by Stuart Harris


   Brush Cuckoo ( Cacomantis variolosus ) [ Uncommon breeding migrant in the ACT ]

Brush Cuckoo
Hospital Creek, ACT.
Photo by Julian Robinson
Brush Cuckoo
Photo by Julian Robinson
Brush Cuckoo
Photo by Julian Robinson