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Need help. Bird from Alcoa Wetlands - Wellard - Western Australia 7 years 7 months ago #674

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For reference, this was taken here https://goo.gl/maps/3FFZAiec4B42

Anyone help Identify this bird??
I've spent like a couple hours looking but no luck thus far :(

Thanks all
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Need help. Bird from Alcoa Wetlands - Wellard - Western Australia 7 years 7 months ago #675

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My first thought is Pallid Cuckoo. Tail is fanned and seems squarer than usually portrayed; yellow eye-ring is present.

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Need help. Bird from Alcoa Wetlands - Wellard - Western Australia 7 years 7 months ago #676

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Thanks mate!!

That looks to be it, the tail and colours threw me a bit, but a google image search for pallid cuckoo as per your post seems to confirm it!

Thanks again

Rudi

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