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brical1
brisbane
Australia
October 28, 2009
10:51 PM Post #7218994
| I have also posted this in the Bird I.D forum.. http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1051913/ |
brical1
brisbane
Australia
October 29, 2009
03:06 AM Post #7219524
| Here's another view of a Horsefield's bronze Cuckoo. 
Click the image for an enlarged view.
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Stake
Barmera
Australia
October 29, 2009
03:10 AM Post #7219528
| G'Day Brical, You'll probably hear that bird all night going Peeeeeee, Peeeee, Peeeeee endlessly enough to drive you up the wall.
Brian
That may not be enough eeeeeeees
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brical1
brisbane
Australia
October 29, 2009
03:18 AM Post #7219531
| I've never encountered it before...when I first saw it ,it had it's back to me ...but what surprised me the most was it's beautiful iridescent green feathers...the images don't seem to convey this too well.
I'll listen tonight for the Peee Pees LOL!! |
kennedyh
Churchill, Victoria
Australia
(Zone 10a)
 October 29, 2009
04:11 PM Post #7221204
| Brical1,
to me your picture looks more like the Shining Bronze-cuckoo: http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/showimage/365/
The Horsefield Bronze-cuckoo: http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/showimage/357/ has a brown stripe through the eye, the barring on the breast does not meet across the breast and it is much less iridescent green on its back.
Both species should be about in inland SE Queensland,
Kennedy |
Stake
Barmera
Australia
October 29, 2009
06:59 PM Post #7221673
| G'Day, The three species I listed in the bird forum can be in Bricals area and since I am only familiar with the Horsfield Bronze I couldn't rule the other two out.
Although the first listed is the least common of the three.
Brian |
brical1
brisbane
Australia
October 30, 2009
05:05 AM Post #7223018
| Ok then,should I go with 'Shining Bronze-cuckoo' as the most likely I.D...Kennedy...Stake:? 
Click the image for an enlarged view.
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Stake
Barmera
Australia
October 30, 2009
05:42 AM Post #7223043
| No use looking at me Brical as I said above I have never seen the 2 less common species.
Brian |
hel
Alstonville
Australia
November 03, 2009
08:55 PM Post #7238895
| Hi, the Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo has red around it's eye.
I think I would go with the Shining Bronze Cuckoo.
My references are the Simpson & Day Field Guide & the Reader's Digest Field Guide.
Good luck. |
