Little Bronze-Cuckoo

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Kings Range, Gordonvale, FN Qld IMG_4389 20180210 - barnardi male: red orbital ring, minimal rufous undertail.
Winter migrant from SE Aust.

Notes: Small. Broad orbital ring — red in male, creamy green in female. Two broad undertail bars.
Nominate minutillus (Little Bronze-Cuckoo) cap darker green than glossy upperparts.
Ssp russatus (Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo) bronze-green w. rufescent tail; rufous undertail; broad
rufous edges to flight feathers. Ssp barnardi as minutillus but less glossy, larger; female duller w.
deep yellow orbital ring — migrates to Cape York for winter. In canopy of dense vegetation.

Range from Morcombe^©

East Trinity, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_7083 20190915 - barnardi male: red orbital ring, minimal rufous undertail.
Winter migrant from SE Aust. CLICK for one at Cuckoo Field, Cairns North, FNE Qld 20231223.

Kingfisher Park, Julatten, FN Qld IMG_2453 20151031 - barnardi female: pale orbital ring, minimal rufous undertail.

Lake Tinaroo, FNE Qld IMG_8953 20180318 - mostly russatus female: pale orbital ring, some of light rufous gorget,
broad rufous edges to flight feathers.

Endeavour Falls, NW of Cooktown, CYP, FNE Qld IMG_5600 20160925 - russatus male: red orbital ring, light rufous gorget,
broad rufous edges to flight feathers. CLICK pic to see another view IMG_5603.JPG.

Cairns North, FN Qld IMG_9930 20180329 - russatus male

Fogg Dam Conservation Park, N NT IMG_4065 20180729 - minutillus male: red orbital ring, underside barring complete.

Hardies Lagoon, Marrakai, N NT IMG_3898 20180729 - minutillus juvenile male: underside barring developing.

Foreshore, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_4286-4287 20210304