Heteroscenes pallidus

4 Pallid Cuckoo at Yass River, NSW

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Heteroscenes pallidus MatthewFrawley 12 Dec 2024
Heteroscenes pallidus CarbonAI 10 Dec 2024
Heteroscenes pallidus SenexRugosus 9 Dec 2024

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2 comments

   12 Dec 2024
Very nice. An immature bird. I wonder who the host parent was?
   12 Dec 2024
Also, only the third sighting for Canberra & Southern Tablelands region this spring/summer of the Pallid Cuckoo. I think there is concern that the data may be suggesting that this species is in decline.

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Sighting information

  • 1 Abundance
  • 8 Dec 2024 10:36 AM Recorded on
  • SenexRugosus Recorded by

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Species information

  • Heteroscenes pallidus Scientific name
  • Pallid Cuckoo Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 919.9m Recorded at altitude
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  • Synonyms

    Cacomantis (Vidgenia) pallidus Heteroscenes pallidus

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