Black Eared Cuckoo
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Ellura
Black Eared Cuckoo
Tail, ventral
 
                      
Black Eared Cuckoo (Chalcites osculans)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)
Order: Cuckoos (Cuculiformes)
Family: Cuckoo (Cuculidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Black Eared Cuckoo (Chalcites osculans)
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Synonym: Chrysococcyx osculans

Thank you Alan Melville for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere


Similar Species: Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo (Chalcites basalis)

Copyright © 2014-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 27-Sep-2014
This species is classed as RA (Rare) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)