Wednesday, October 14, 2015

BRUSH CUCKOO

The only photograph I could get, taken at Cattana Wetlands, Cains, Queensland October 2015
715         BRUSH CUCKOO             Cacomantis variolosus

Australia         (557)

Found in rainforests, forests, woodlands, mangroves, scrubby roadsides. 22-26 cm. Range: coastal n. and e. Aust., regular breeding migrant to se. Aust., mostly in forests of Dividing Ra. in se. Q, NSW and e. Vic., arriving Sept.-Oct., departing Feb.-April; casual nw. Vic mallee, adjacent SA. In n. Aust. both resident and passage migrant. Common in n., uncommon in s. Aust.

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