Can anyone help me out with the ID of this cuckoo observed on Norfolk Island yesterday morning?? 129533743@N06/” >https://www.flickr.com/photos/129533743@N06/ Thanks, Craig Doolan
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Evevning all, I have seen what I thought was an adult Pallid Cuckoo feeding a juvenile near Loughnan Nature Reserve (central NSW near Hillston) in the mid 90s – my recollectionwas that the bird being fed was in juvenile plumage and was certainly making a very distinctive begging call (which is what attracted me in the first place). Unfortunately I can’t track down the exact date, but I suspect it was late November which would match the time frames of the recent photograph. I thought there was some research that suggested that adult cuckoos occassionally fed juveniles when encountered (can’t resist the parenting instinct themselves) and from handling a few banded birds they definately develop brood patches. There is the possibility that juvenile plumage is retained for longer periods, and females have a range of plumages (in many cuckoos they have the ‘hepatic’ or reddish form) but I would be surprised if there are not documented examples of adult cuckoos feeding known juvenile birds (i.e. observed also being fed by host parents) in the literature. Cheers, Peter
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I agree that it is a Pallid Cuckoo but as I recently learned when discussing with others a claim put to me of an adult Pallid Cuckoo feeding a juvenile Pallid Cuckoo, it is not necessarily a juvenile. More likely I suggest it is an adult female. Apparently female Pallid Cuckoos can resemble, perhaps retain, juvenile plumage into adulthood. In that instance it was concluded that it was a male courting an adult female by feeding her, a behaviour that has also previously been misinterpreted. In Margaret Christian’s book ‘Norfolk Island – the Birds’ (2005), Pallid Cuckoo has the status of ‘rare vagrant’. —–Original Message—– martin cachard Sent: Friday, 21 November 2014 8:21 AM i’m with Greg, a young Pallid Cuckoo for mine… cheers, martin cachard, cairns
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i’m with Greg, a young Pallid Cuckoo for mine… cheers, martin cachard, cairns
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Looks like a juvenile-immature Pallid Cuckoo to me. Regards Greg Dr Greg. P. Clancy Ecologist and Birding-wildlife Guide | PO Box 63 Coutts Crossing NSW 2460 | 02 6649 3153 | 0429 601 960 http://www.gregclancyecologistguide.com http://gregswildliferamblings.blogspot.com.au/ —–Original Message—– Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 5:31 PM Can anyone help me out with the ID of this cuckoo observed on Norfolk Island yesterday morning?? 129533743@N06/” >https://www.flickr.com/photos/129533743@N06/ Thanks, Craig Doolan
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Interesting. Doesn’t look like the illustrations of a Long-tailed Cuckoo, the species that sometimes visits Norfolk. Was it near the old settlement (Kingston)? Regards, Laurie. On 20 Nov 2014, at 4:31 pm, Craig Doolan < cdoolan@aapt.net.au> wrote:
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