Coracina novaehollandiae

Black-faced Cuckooshrike at Chiltern, VIC

Coracina novaehollandiae at Chiltern, VIC - 25 Sep 2021
Coracina novaehollandiae at Chiltern, VIC - 25 Sep 2021
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Coracina novaehollandiae 25 Nov 2021 Liam.m
Coracina papuensis 26 Sep 2021 Darcy
Coracina novaehollandiae 25 Sep 2021 KylieWaldon

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This immature bird seems incredibly early if out of the nest or incredibly late not to be adult plummage.

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Darcy wrote:
   26 Sep 2021
If it seems out of season, perhaps its a white-bellied cuckooshrike?
KylieWaldon wrote:
   27 Sep 2021
I will put up the second photo I took of it, from the other side, even though its not as good as this one. Doesn't look like the White Bellied's I've seen on the NSW coast. It had other birds around it - another like this and what I thought was an adult Blacked Faced Cuckoo Shrike. There was a bird calling of this size/colour underneath that I couldn't get a good look at in different places. It had a call that sounded like a Rosella!
Liam.m wrote:
   25 Nov 2021
Black continues behind the eye so bf cuckooshrike, but i do agree its unusual

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