CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Cuculus optatus  

Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)
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© Geoff Walker 2013
Anstead Bush Reserve, QLD (Jan, 2013)

Oriental Cuckoos breed across Eurasia in places such as Mongolia and Japan, and migrate in the Northern Hemisphere Autumn. They migrate to Indonesia and Papus New Guinea and are an uncommon non-breeding visitor to northern and central coastal Australia in our summer.

Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)

Oriental Cuckoo

Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)

Oriental Cuckoo

Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)

Oriental Cuckoo

Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)

Hepatic Female Oriental Cuckoo

Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)

Hepatic Female Oriental Cuckoo

Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)

Hepatic Female Oriental Cuckoo

Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)

Oriental Cuckoo