Tom Indeed it is an hepatic. After posting a photo on Birdlines this arvo I posed the question whether it was an hepatic female. Joshua Bergmark kindly replied as one of the moderators “the bird is moulting out of juvenile plumage into adult female hepatic plumage – this is why it looks quite scruffy on . . . → Read More: Oriental Cuckoo – Eastlakes GC, Pagewood, Sydney – 12 March 2017
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All it has been very sensibly suggested to me (thanks Peter Madvig) that I add to this post that the bird is an hepatic morph female, so reddish brown in colour rather than grey. Good photos of the bird can be seen on both the spots mentioned below. (As there are a few species – . . . → Read More: Oriental Cuckoo – Eastlakes GC, Pagewood, Sydney – 12 March 2017 |
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