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Pallid CuckooAlternative names: "Grasshopper Hawk", "Harbinger-of-Spring", "Stormbird*", "Semitone-bird", "Scale-bird", "Brainfever-bird" |
Sightings
Pallid Cuckoos showed up where we lived in 2003-2006, 20 km south of Narrabri, New South Wales, only occasionally. Seen 20 km east of Narrabri in August 2010.
They are not particularly well-liked by other local birds, because they know that Cuckoos are trouble (see below).
Photos
Close-up lateral view of a male Pallid Cuckoo (click on image for larger version)
Here the same bird as above issuing its loud call (click on image for larger version)
Male Pallid Cuckoo on a power line
Frontal view of an immature female Pallid Cuckoo (click on image for larger version)
View of the back of the same immature female Pallid Cuckoo as above (click on image for larger version)
White-plumed Honeyeater making it clear to a Pallid Cuckoo that it is not welcome