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| − | [[Image:Pallid_Cuckoo.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Nora|Nora}}<br />Toolern Vale, Melbourne, [[Victoria]], [[Australia]]]] | + | [[Image:Pallid_Cuckoo.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Nora|Nora}}<br />Toolern Vale, Melbourne, [[Victoria]], [[Australia]], September 2006]] |
;[[:Category:Cacomantis|Cacomantis]] pallidus | ;[[:Category:Cacomantis|Cacomantis]] pallidus | ||
''Cuculus pallidus'' | ''Cuculus pallidus'' | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | [[Image:1568pallid cuckoo juv DSCN00121.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|Neil|Neil}}<br />Newcastle, [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]November 2003]] | |
| − | Grey | + | 31–32 cm (12¼-12½ in)<br /> |
| − | + | *Grey upperparts, | |
| + | *Broad pale [[Topography#Heads|supercilium]] | ||
| + | *Dark grey eye line | ||
| + | *Pale nape patch | ||
| + | *Whit bars on outer tail | ||
| + | *Pale grey, unbarred, underparts | ||
| + | *Yellow eyering | ||
| + | *Greyish-brown legs and feet<br /> | ||
'''Juveniles''' mottled brown and buff above and have a white nape spot. Streaked grey-brown and white below. | '''Juveniles''' mottled brown and buff above and have a white nape spot. Streaked grey-brown and white below. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
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[[Australasia]] and Southeast [[Asia]] | [[Australasia]] and Southeast [[Asia]] | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | [[Image:3287Pallid Cuckoo flight.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Gallus|Gallus}}<br />Mallacoota, Melbourne, [[Victoria]], [[Australia]], October 2005]] | ||
Some authorities place this species in the genus [[:Category:Cuculus|''Cuculus'']]. | Some authorities place this species in the genus [[:Category:Cuculus|''Cuculus'']]. | ||
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| − | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. | |
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| − | + | Subspecies ''occidentalis'' is not generally recognised<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>. | |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Open forests and woodlands, as well as cleared and cultivated open country. | Open forests and woodlands, as well as cleared and cultivated open country. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
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====Diet==== | ====Diet==== | ||
| − | + | Their diet consists of hairy caterpillars, other insects and their larvae. Prey is spotted from low perch and is pounced on, usually on the ground. Some insects are taken from foliage. | |
====Breeding==== | ====Breeding==== | ||
| − | + | [[Image:Pallid-Cuckoo-imm-A6372W.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by '''[http://www.birdforum.net/member.php?u=49168 Hans&Judy Beste]'''<br />Taromeo, S.E. [[Queensland]], November 2017]] | |
| + | They use other birds' nests, the female replacing one of the host eggs with her own. | ||
====Vocalisation==== | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
| − | Call is a loud, ascending whistle ''too-too-too.'' | + | Call is a loud, ascending whistle ''too-too-too.''<br /> |
<flashmp3>Pallid_cuckoo.mp3</flashmp3><br /> | <flashmp3>Pallid_cuckoo.mp3</flashmp3><br /> | ||
''[[Media:Pallid_cuckoo.mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ''[[Media:Pallid_cuckoo.mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Avibase |
| + | #Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Nov 2017) | ||
#Birds in Backyards | #Birds in Backyards | ||
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
Revision as of 22:18, 12 November 2017
- Cacomantis pallidus
Cuculus pallidus
Identification
31–32 cm (12¼-12½ in)
- Grey upperparts,
- Broad pale supercilium
- Dark grey eye line
- Pale nape patch
- Whit bars on outer tail
- Pale grey, unbarred, underparts
- Yellow eyering
- Greyish-brown legs and feet
Juveniles mottled brown and buff above and have a white nape spot. Streaked grey-brown and white below.
Distribution
Australasia and Southeast Asia
Taxonomy
Some authorities place this species in the genus Cuculus.
This is a monotypic species[1].
Subspecies occidentalis is not generally recognised[2].
Habitat
Open forests and woodlands, as well as cleared and cultivated open country.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of hairy caterpillars, other insects and their larvae. Prey is spotted from low perch and is pounced on, usually on the ground. Some insects are taken from foliage.
Breeding
They use other birds' nests, the female replacing one of the host eggs with her own.
Vocalisation
Call is a loud, ascending whistle too-too-too.
<flashmp3>Pallid_cuckoo.mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Nov 2017)
- Birds in Backyards
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Pallid Cuckoo. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pallid_Cuckoo
