1 Fan-tailed Cuckoo at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Cacomantis flabelliformis | 20 Nov 2017 | ChrisDavey | ||
| Cacomantis flabelliformis | 3 Nov 2017 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Cacomantis flabelliformis | 3 Nov 2017 | Christine | ||
| Tachyspiza cirrocephala | 1 Nov 2017 | AlisonMilton |
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5 comments
ChrisDavey
wrote:
19 Nov 2017
Alison, many thanks for your many excellent contributions to the CNM. I am wondering about the history of this submission and note that Rhy indicates that there appears to be two species in the one sighting. I also wonder why you consider the image to be that of a Fan-tailed Cuckoo. Looks more like a Pallid to me but you may have further information. Chris
Christine
wrote:
19 Nov 2017
Chris, the lightly rufous underparts, and the yellow eye ring would indicate a Fan-tailed Cuckoo. Alison has removed a fourth image which had initially snuk into this report which Ryu refers to.
AlisonMilton
wrote:
20 Nov 2017
Thanks Chris. I'm still learning some birds such as the cuckoos. However, I photographed a Fan-tailed Cuckoo in the same area previously. The fourth photo, which I removed, was of a Collared Sparrowhawk, who have a nest nearby.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.107987-35.272840
- Altitude 701.5m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 1 Nov 2017 08:25 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Collections
AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cacomantis flabelliformis Cuckoos Birds
Species information
- Cacomantis flabelliformis Scientific name
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1708.9m Recorded at altitude