Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)
ID: 14536
Photographer: © Ian Montgomery
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Location: Townsville Northeastern Queensland Australia
Date & Time: 23/12/02 6:21:18 PM
Original size (pixels): width 1600, height 1200
Aperture: f4.0
Shutter Speed: 1/8 sec
Focal Length: 23.4 mm
Taxonomy of Oriental Cuckoo is confused, both in treatment of races/species and in naming. BirdLife Australia and Birdlife Australia both lump into one species but BirdLife Australia calls it C.optatus while BirdLife International (2014) calls it C. saturatus.
Gallery revised on Thursday, 4 February 2016