Cuckoos

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
Juvenile, raised by Red Wattlebird. Photo by David Cook	Juvenile (Red Wattlebird host). Photo by David Cook	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Female. Photo by John Gordon	Photo by John Gordon
Photo by John Gordon	Photo by John Gordon	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Female. Photo by Stuart Harris
Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae Rare vagrant in our area, with the possibility of one breeding record
Juvenile. Photo by Harvey Perkins	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
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Anthony Overs	Photo by Harvey Perkins	Photo by David Cook
Photo by David Cook	Photo by Lindsay Hansch	Photo by Roger Curnow	Photo by Roger Curnow	Photo by Roger Curnow
Photo by Lindsay Hansch	Immature. Mulligans Flat, ACT. Photo by Julian Robinson	Kellys Rd, ACT. Photo by Julian Robinson	Photo by Stuart Harris
Black-eared Cuckoo Chalites osculans Rare non-breeding vagrant
Photo by David Cook	Uriarra Crossing, ACT. Photo by Stuart Harris	Photo by Stuart Harris	Uriarra Crossing, ACT. Photo by Stuart Harris	Uriarra Crossing, ACT. Photo by Stuart Harris
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chalites lucidus Common breeding migrant species. Odd birds are recorded in some winters
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook
Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook	Photo by Anthony Overs	Photo by Anthony Overs	Photo by Harvey Perkins
Photo by Stuart Harris	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook
Pallid Cuckoo Cacomantis pallidus( Bird Call © 2004 Peter Fullagar and Ederic Slater ) Common warm weather breeding migrant. There are odd winter records
Photo by Graeme Chapman	Photo by Lindsay Hansch	Photo by Stuart Harris	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook	Wamboin, NSW. Photo by David Cook
White-plumed Honeyeater Feeding juvenile Pallid Cuckoo. Photo by Julian Robinson	Photo by Martin Butterfield	Photo by Lindsay Hansch
Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis( Bird Call © 2004 Peter Fullagar and Ederic Slater ) Common breeding migrant. Some birds occasionally remain over winter
Photo by Graeme Chapman	Photo by Rhonda Abbott	Photo by David Cook	Photo by David Cook	Photo by David Cook
Juvenile. Photo by Paul Taylor	Photo by Lindsay Hansch	Photo by Lindsay Hansch	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Rhonda Hansch	Photo by John Gordon	Photo by Stuart Harris
Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus( Bird Call © 2004 Peter Fullagar and Ederic Slater ) Uncommon breeding migrant in the ACT
Hospital Creek, ACT. Photo by Julian Robinson	Photo by Julian Robinson	Photo by Julian Robinson

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

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

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

Black-eared Cuckoo Chalites osculans
Rare non-breeding vagrant

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

Pallid Cuckoo Cacomantis pallidus( Bird Call © 2004 Peter Fullagar and Ederic Slater )
Common warm weather breeding migrant. There are odd winter records

Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis( Bird Call © 2004 Peter Fullagar and Ederic Slater )
Common breeding migrant. Some birds occasionally remain over winter

Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus( Bird Call © 2004 Peter Fullagar and Ederic Slater )
Uncommon breeding migrant in the ACT

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

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

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

Black-eared Cuckoo Chalites osculans Rare non-breeding vagrant

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

Pallid Cuckoo Cacomantis pallidus( Bird Call © 2004 Peter Fullagar and Ederic Slater ) Common warm weather breeding migrant. There are odd winter records

Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis( Bird Call © 2004 Peter Fullagar and Ederic Slater ) Common breeding migrant. Some birds occasionally remain over winter

Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus( Bird Call © 2004 Peter Fullagar and Ederic Slater ) Uncommon breeding migrant in the ACT

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

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

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

Black-eared Cuckoo Chalites osculans
Rare non-breeding vagrant

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

Pallid Cuckoo Cacomantis pallidus( Bird Call © 2004 Peter Fullagar and Ederic Slater )
Common warm weather breeding migrant. There are odd winter records

Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis( Bird Call © 2004 Peter Fullagar and Ederic Slater )
Common breeding migrant. Some birds occasionally remain over winter

Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus( Bird Call © 2004 Peter Fullagar and Ederic Slater )
Uncommon breeding migrant in the ACT