please help identify this bird. I was thinking some sort of wattle bird but I am not sure. Sorry the pic is so bad.
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I think it is a koel? now listening to it.
I also think it is a koel, though the picture is a bit small to be sure. If so it's a female koel.
Meave
I was going to suggest a Pheasant Coucal, from size, shape, nearness to ground and the striped tail, but a female Koel would be fairly similar.
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The call would clearly differentiate, the "Ko-ell, ko-ell" of the Koel versus the "Whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop" of the pheasant coucal.
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane
I think it is a female koel. It wakes us up every morning with it's ko ell sound. The kids had been calling it a coo koo bird as it sort of sounds like that. It doesn't have the right beack for a pheasant coucal, but you can't really see that in my poor photo.
I was delighted to have spotted it yesterday in our neighbours small gumnut tree and then again this morning on our fence. It had some wattle birds chasing it yesterday and as I have since read it tends to leave its egg in their nests. Thanks for your replys! I was intruiged as I have never noticed a bird like this before.
Hi, it's a lovely bird isn't it? I think that the coo-ee call that you hear is the male (which is black). The female makes a "keek keek" call that is quite different from the male's call.
And yes, the female lays her eggs in the nests of other birds. Sneaky things. You might see other birds raising baby Koels soon!
Andy.