Cuckoo-shrike? Cairns, Australia (1 Viewer)

[Wiganlad]

I thought this was a woodswallow but think it is a cuckoo-shrike but not sure which. Video stills from Cairns in October/November last year. Any help much appreciated. I've lightened the last one to help show more
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[MacNara]

I would have thought definitely White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike.

 

[Wiganlad]

That's what I was leaning to, mainly by the little white nick in the black behind the eye but I was wary of juveniles of Black-faced and Barred.

 

[chowchilla]

It's a White-bellied Cuckoo-Shrike. Very common in Cairns. Black-faced is very local in the city, generally occurring in a few of the Northern suburbs. Barred visits the city in winter in small numbers and tends to stick to the suburbs with patches of rainforest. This is deffo a WBCS though.

FTR, WBCS has a very distinctive squeaky call. Once heard, never forgotten.

 

[MJB]

It's a White-bellied Cuckoo-Shrike. Very common in Cairns. Black-faced is very local in the city, generally occurring in a few of the Northern suburbs. Barred visits the city in winter in small numbers and tends to stick to the suburbs with patches of rainforest. This is deffo a WBCS though.

FTR, WBCS has a very distinctive squeaky call. Once heard, never forgotten.

In 2018, there was a reliable White-bellied Cuckoo-Shrike in Les Davies Park, about half-way up!
MJB