Aussie Finch Forum

This little thing just flew into the window and stunned itself.
What is it? Feathers are iridescent in the sun It is in a dark box recovering at the moment (i hope)

Maybe a juvenile bronze-cuckoo?

I think Matty is spot on. Are there any bars or stripes on the underside?

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.

Just did another check to see if it was ready to let go.
It does have markings underneath. Still too wobbly to let go damn it- hope it gets better

Either Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo or Shining Bronze Cuckoo. Depends where you are - Shining from eastern rainforest/wet schlerophyl areas, Horsfield's elsewhere.

bronze cuckoo for sure, and I think the species is "Northern Cute" (Bronzecuckoois Bloodycutiensis)

Horsfields Bronze cuckoo

Yep Horsfields..get them up here in the Kimberley, Beautiful bird!!!!

Shining is virtually identical to Horsfields so its location would be the clincher.