Black Eared Cuckoo: Close up

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)

Order:

Cuckoos (Cuculiformes)

Family:

Cuckoo (Cuculidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Black Eared Cuckoo (Chalcites osculans)

This Photo:

Close up

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)

This species is classed as

RA (Rare)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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