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Cuckoos

Featured sightings

Scythrops novaehollandiae (Channel-billed Cuckoo) at Mongarlowe, NSW - 15 Jan 2025 by LisaH

Eudynamys orientalis (Pacific Koel) at Palmerston, ACT - 10 Jan 2025 by pjpiper

Heteroscenes pallidus (Pallid Cuckoo) at Yass River, NSW - 8 Dec 2024 by SenexRugosus

Chalcites lucidus (Shining Bronze-Cuckoo) at Pialligo, ACT - 16 Aug 2024 by trevsci

Chrysococcyx basalis (Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo) at Coombs, ACT - 7 Sep 2018 by KumikoCallaway

Eudynamys orientalis (Pacific Koel) at Higgins, ACT - 30 Jan 2023 by AlisonMilton

Chrysococcyx osculans (Black-eared Cuckoo) at Florey, ACT - 8 Oct 2021 by b

Cacomantis flabelliformis (Fan-tailed Cuckoo) at Tennent, ACT - 29 Jul 2021 by SWishart

Latest sightings

Cacomantis flabelliformis at Acton, ACT - Yesterday by HelenCross

Eudynamys orientalis by LisaH

Heteroscenes pallidus at Hall, ACT - 29 Nov 2025 by Anna123

Scythrops novaehollandiae (Channel-billed Cuckoo) by Dron

Cacomantis variolosus at Yass River, NSW - 22 Nov 2025 by SenexRugosus

Chalcites lucidus at Kungala, NSW - 22 Nov 2025 by donnanchris

Chalcites lucidus at Broke, NSW - 20 Nov 2025 by RoyP

Cacomantis flabelliformis (Fan-tailed Cuckoo) at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 18 Nov 2025 by RodDeb

Eudynamys orientalis (Pacific Koel) at Yarralumla, ACT - 18 Nov 2025 by TimL

Eudynamys orientalis at Wirlinga, NSW - 6 Nov 2025 by RobCook

Eudynamys orientalis (Pacific Koel) at Kingston, ACT - 6 Nov 2025 by Tawny4

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SenexRugosus wrote:

Yesterday

I wasn't able to hear a call from this individual at the time, but there are now a lot of brush cuckoo calls coming from that location.

Cacomantis variolosus

Baronia wrote:

28 Oct 2025

Cacomantis flabelliformis

lalaimo wrote:

27 Oct 2025

Female Pacific Koel

Eudynamys orientalis

MatthewFrawley wrote:

5 Oct 2025

This one looks like an immature bird, with head and neck streaked and the markings on the wings.

Heteroscenes pallidus

MatthewFrawley wrote:

31 Aug 2025

First NatureMapr sighting of a Fan-tailed Cuckoo for Canberra & Southern Tablelands since 1 April 2025.

Cacomantis flabelliformis

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