Hi I'm after a little help identifying the bane of my existence (it needs a name for me to curse), it's active (calling) day and night and originally i thought it was some kind of robin from the song.
Managed to track him/her yesterday at around midday but when i went for my camera it was gone
*the bird is about the size of a clenched fist
*similar body shape to a White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike but the top half/wings are a bluish grey and the underbelly is a very pure light grey/white
*after combing the listings it sounds very much like a black-eared cuckoo, it will call about 4-5 times then pause for 10-15 seconds before repeating
I live in far north qld if that's any help, any suggestions would be appreciated.
hmmm looking at a few more pics perhaps it was a White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike and i was just mistaken about it not having the banding around the eyes.