">www.flickr.com/photos/94756233 this bird was in our garden Hervey Bay Qld and is a seed eater. i have never seen this bird before
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Looking at the dark eye, I would say Brush Cuckoo.
Unless it's a juvenile Oriental Cuckoo and they don't have the yellow eye ring yet? Did you see it up north?
In any case , it would be very helpful if you could give the location, where you saw the bird. It's also good to know how big the bird was, as there is a difference between them in size,the Oriental is much bigger.
M-L
I'm beginning to doubt my ID, still think Cuckoo though.
M-L
i did put the location in must n ot have shown up its in hervey bay fraser coast region of queensland.it was sitting in a palm tree
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kerry
it sounded like it was calling out, a lot
kerry
I'm almost certain that I'm way off the mark
? Sorry Kerry
M-L
I've never seen one but is this a common koel?
It's a juvenile Common Koel,(which is a type of cuckoo).
Nathan & Woko, the thought had crossed my mind, of it being a Common Koel
M-L
oops, I have just replied to the duplicate thread
Peter
Yep, juvenile Common Koel was my first thought on looking at the pic too.
Well done folks!
Given it's a cuckoo Kerry, you'll be seeing an odd pair of parents - not too sure what CK's use as hosts, but presumably something biggish. Perhaps Blue-faced honeyeaters or similar sized birds.
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane
Juvenile Eastern Koel! Red Wattlebirds are common host species.
Thanks dna. We don't get too many of them up here, in my experience.
BIBY Bird finder also suggests friarbirds, figbirds and magpie-larks as common host species.
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane