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Australian Cuckoos



Coucals

Pheasant Coucal
(Centropus phasianinus)
Pheasant Coucal
Pheasant Coucal distribution map The Pheasant Coucal is a large cuckoo similar in shape to the Pheasant. It has a black head, neck and underbody with the upperparts and wings reddish-brown with black and cream barring It moves clumsily through undergrowth and does not fly far. Click to continue>

Old World Cuckoos

Brush Cuckoo
(Cacomantis variolosus)
Brush Cuckoo
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Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo
(Cacomantis castaneiventris)
Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo
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Fan-tailed Cuckoo
(Cacomantis flabelliformis)
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
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Black-eared Cuckoo
(Chrysococcyx osculans)
Black-eared Cuckoo
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Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
(Chrysococcyx basalis)
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo distribution map Horsefield's Bronze-Cuckoo is olive-brown above with pale scale pattern, with a bronze to green sheen on the back. It has a dark-brown eye stripe and white eyebrow stripe above the eye. The underside is white to cream with dark-brown barring at the... Click to continue>
Little Bronze-Cuckoo
(Chrysococcyx minutillus)
Little Bronze-Cuckoo
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Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
(Chrysococcyx lucidus)
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
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Fan-tailed Cuckoo
(Cuculus pyrrhophanus)
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
The Fan-tailed Cuckoo is slate grey above with reddish chest. The eye is black with a yellow ring. The female is similar with duller chest colour. Immatures are buff brown above streaked with darker brown, with grey and brown barred or scaled... Click to continue>
Oriental Cuckoo
(Cuculus saturatus)
Oriental Cuckoo
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Pallid Cuckoo
(Cuculus pallidus)
Pallid Cuckoo
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Asian Koel
(Eudynamys scolopacea)
Asian Koel
The Koel is a large cuckoo. The male has glossy blue-black plumage and red eye. The female is glossy brown above with white spots and bars. She has a black face and black on top of head, and red eye. The underparts are creamy brown with fine black... Click to continue>
Pacific Koel
(Eudynamys orientalis)
Pacific Koel
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Channel-billed Cuckoo
(Scythrops novaehollandiae)
Channel-billed Cuckoo
Channel-billed Cuckoo distribution map The Channel-billed Cuckoo has long curved bill and distinctive patch of bare red skin around the eye. Its loud call is often heard at night. Click to continue>


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