I live in Para Hills (suburb of Adelaide) and saw this bird back in February this year trying to eat fruit from my neighbours tree. It was about the size of a noisey minor, but the beak is the wrong colour. It was not afraid of me taking photos at all and at one stage was quite interested in what I was up to.
Can anyone help please?
Thanks
Paul
Hi Paul :)
just to let you know straight up i'm not going to be much help here :P
my first thought (from the shape of the beak) was a female bowerbird but you don't have bowerbirds in your area
then the head reminds me of a female Common Koel (Storm bird)
which would make it a cuckoo - it didn't happen to have a long tail did it?
i'll get back to you if i suddenly become helpful lol
:)
Hope these reworked pics are of more use.
Cheers
Paul
Hi Paul Again :)
I'm Guessing A Pallid Cuckoo
see what you think :)
:)
Hi,it looks like a immature yellow-throated miner cheers sparrow
Hi,it looks like a immature yellow-throated miner cheers sparrow
I'm gonna have a shot at a juvenile/immature Black Faced Cuckoo-Shrike, I don't think a Pallid Cuckoo as they have a yellow eye ring and a juv yellow throated miner shoould still have a yellow beak.
I agree. It is most likely a Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike or a type of cuckoo-shrike.