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Cuckoos & Allies [Family: Cuculidae]
Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)
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Oriental Cuckoo oriental_cuckoo_28121.jpg

"Hepatic" (rufous) morph female Oriental Cuckoo.

ID: 28121
Photographer: © Ian Montgomery
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Location: Townsville Northeastern Queensland Australia
Date & Time: 7/11/05 12:45:23 AM

Original size (pixels): width 1400, height 1050

Aperture: f5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/125 sec
Focal Length: 700.0 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.

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Gallery revised on Thursday, 4 February 2016