Blue raven looking bird

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rhiannon.eloise
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Blue raven looking bird

hi there,

to preface this- i know little to nothing about birds. i saw this bird outside my window a few years ago and was taken aback as i had never seen anything like it before. i recently came across this website and deciding this would be a good way to finally identify its species. sorry for the bad photos - this was a few years ago when cameraphones werent the best. further details- it was roughly the size of a raven, was alone, colour was lightish blue/grey rather than grey as seen in the pictures below.

thankyou

Eloise


Canonguy
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It is a Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike

dwatsonbb
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Hi Eloise, I 2nd Black Faced Cuckoo Shrike. Sometimes species ID can be made easier if you include you location, town, city and or state. 

Dale Huonville, Tasmania

HelloBirdy
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I'll third that. Yes, Black-faced Cuckooshrike

Ryu
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Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera

rhiannon.eloise
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thankyou everyone, I searched the bird on google and this is definitely the one I saw. Thankyou Dale I will keep that in mind for the future.

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