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Rufous cuckoo (1 Viewer)

dddiver said:
How common are rufous coloured cuckoos,as I saw one yesterday at cliffe pools.Are they male or female.
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I saw a rufous Cuckoo at Woolston Eyes about 4 weeks ago and it is a female bird. Collins shows the female can be found as 2 Morphs, grey and ruffous. The Ruffous is far less common but no idea how scarce they are.

Cheers Alan
 
alanp said:
I saw a rufous Cuckoo at Woolston Eyes about 4 weeks ago and it is a female bird. Collins shows the female can be found as 2 Morphs, grey and ruffous. The Ruffous is far less common but no idea how scarce they are.

Cheers Alan
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Thanks for that Alan.I now know that I saw two femail cuckoos,as a grey one kept dissappearing into the reeds there.
 
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