Thursday, December 6, 2018

HODGSON'S HAWK-CUCKOO


Photographed on West Island, Cocos, December 2018

1265                   HODGSON'S HAWK-CUCKOO                Hierococcyx nisicolor

AUSTRALIA                  762

Also known as Whistling Hawk-cuckoo. Found in n-e India, Myanmar, southern China and s-e Asia. Brood parasite. 






2 comments:

  1. amazing shots - Cocos Islands are a twitcher's paradise

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  2. https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/the-bird-and-the-businessman/10588700

    need to rally twitchers to action

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