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Mortisha
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This little thing just flew into the window and stunned itself.
What is it?
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Feathers are iridescent in the sun
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It is in a dark box recovering at the moment (i hope)
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mattymeischke
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Maybe a juvenile bronze-cuckoo?
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I think Matty is spot on. Are there any bars or stripes on the underside?
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could be - I didn't want to handle it too much and stress it so I didn't check it out fully for identifying marks.
but it seemed plain grey underneath
- maybe a juvenile one of these? http://www.climatewatch.org.au/species/ ... nze-cuckoo
wonder which wren here has been rearing it ?
real pretty in real life.
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Just did another check to see if it was ready to let go.
It does have markings underneath.
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Still too wobbly to let go damn it- hope it gets better
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Tiaris
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Either Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo or Shining Bronze Cuckoo. Depends where you are - Shining from eastern rainforest/wet schlerophyl areas, Horsfield's elsewhere.
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bronze cuckoo for sure, and I think the species is "Northern Cute" (Bronzecuckoois Bloodycutiensis)
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Horsfields Bronze cuckoo
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Yep Horsfields..get them up here in the Kimberley, Beautiful bird!!!!
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Shining is virtually identical to Horsfields so its location would be the clincher.
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