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| Photographed at Darwin Botanical Gardens, October 2018 |
1260 ORIENTAL CUCKOO Cuculus opatus
AUSTRALIAN 757
Large cuckoo. Often solitary. Shy, elusive. Migratory: from Eurasia as far south as Indonesia, NG, northern Australia; some over-winter in Australia. Uncommon. Inhabits rainforests, monsoon forests, vine scrub, riverine thickets, wetter, densely canopied eucalyptus forest, paperbark swamps, mangroves.
elegant shot of the fanned tail - patterns on the chest feathers are striking too
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