CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Cacomantis pallidus  

Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)
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© Geoff Walker 2015
Coolmunda, QLD (Jun, 2015)

In this photo you can see a trail of juice squirting out from the grasshopper as the Pallid Cuckoo bites down hard on the grasshopper's head.

Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)

Pallid Cuckoo

Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)

Pallid Cuckoo

Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)

Pallid Cuckoo

Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)

Pallid Cuckoo

Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)

Pallid Cuckoo

Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)

Pallid Cuckoo

Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)

Pallid Cuckoo (male)

Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)

Pallid Cuckoo

Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)

Pallid Cuckoo

Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)

Pallid Cuckoo

Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)

Pallid Cuckoo

Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)

Pallid Cuckoo

Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)

Pallid Cuckoo

Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)

Pallid Cuckoo

Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)

Pallid Cuckoo

Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)

Pallid Cuckoo