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Pallid cuckoo
Cacomantis pallidus
-42.5985, 147.248
Field Notes
Description:
The Pallid Cuckoo is identified by its grey plumage, which is darker on the wings and back, and its broadly barred black and white undertail. The bill is brown, the legs and feet are grey-brown, and there is a bright yellow ring around the eye. It is a large, slender cuckoo and is somewhat hawk-like in appearance during flight. Young Pallid Cuckoos are mottled with brown and buff above, with a white spot on the nape, and are streaked with grey-brown and white below. As with other species of cuckoo, its call often betrays its presence long before it is seen.
Habitat:
The Pallid Cuckoo inhabits most open forests and woodlands, as well as cleared and cultivated open country.
The Pallid Cuckoo is the most widely distributed of the cuckoos and is found throughout Australia.
Notes:
This cuckoo sits on the powerline behind our house and calls repetitively all day, day after day. It gets a bit tiresome.
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