CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Chalcites basalis  

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites basalis)
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© Vik Dunis 2011
Warby-Ovens National Park, VIC (Feb, 2011)

There were plenty of these little caterpillars around providing a good food supply for Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoos and several other birds.

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites basalis)

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites basalis)

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites basalis)

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites basalis)

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites basalis)

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites basalis)

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites basalis)

Immature being fed by White-throated Gerygone

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites basalis)

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites basalis)

Juvenile Horsfield Bronze-cuckoo

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites basalis)

An immature bird

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites basalis)

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites basalis)

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites basalis)

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites basalis)

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites basalis)

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo