Cuckoo?

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BenMacDougall
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Cuckoo?

Hi All,

Cannot identify this bird. Please help.

Photographed in Armidale (1000m above sea level).

I'm 99% it's a cuckoo of some sort - saw a female Satin Flycatcher feeding it!

To me it looks like a rufous oriental cuckoo. I've read that they do not breed in Australia though (so surely no juveniles?)

Some help would be great!

NB: The two attached images are of the same bird.

Steven.McBride
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juvenile Brush Cuckoo.

BenMacDougall
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Thanks very much, Steven. 

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