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michaelrt71
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some help please

A young something
no idea really
young eastern yellow robin perhaps?

??

soakes
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The top one is a bronze cuckoo. The second one might be a grey shrike thrush. The bottom one probably is a grey shrike thrush. You might be right about number 3 (it looks like one that was posted recently).

- soakes

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Olinda, Victoria, Australia

michaelrt71
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Aha! Now I know where to look in my book! Perhaps horsfields bronze-cuckoo from the eye-stripe. Pic of shrike-thrush in my book looks spot on too.
Thanks a lot!

Araminta
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Number three looks like a little bit older than this one,a juvenile Yellow Robin

M-L

michaelrt71
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Excellent. thanks araminta

GregL
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Bird #2 might be a grey butcherbird.

Windhover
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MrT
Where did you take these images? Location always helps. In any case, 1 is a Horsefield's Bronze Cuckoo, 2 and 4 appear to be Grey Shrike-thrush, the juvenile is an Eastern Yellow Robin.

GregL
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The beak on bird 2 is too large for a shrike thrush, and the eye is wrong.

Araminta
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I think, the shape of the head in No 2 is not round enough for a shrike thrush? Could it be a female Brush cuckoo? They come barred and unbarred, don't they?

M-L

ScottTas
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I agree with Windhover for all 4/4. I think the bill in #2 looks bigger than it is because of the angle the photo was taken at.
Cheers,
Scott.

michaelrt71
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Thanks for helpful info. I could have been a bit more helpful by telling you I live on south coast of NSW (Wollongong). Birds 2,3,4 were seen in subtropical rainforest area on the coastal escarpment and bird 1 was seen in sand-dune plants by the beach.
Cheers

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