CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Cuculus optatus  

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

Oriental Cuckoos are normally secretive and shy and slip away as soon as they see you, but these two birds allowed me to approach and watch them for nearly an hour before they slipped away.

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