Name this bird! Win a prize!

[snowyskiesau]

OK, I'm lying about the prize :)

The culprit shown has been in my backyard (or the neighbours) for the last 4 days or so. It has an annoying 'chirp chirp' that doesn't stop and is very loud which is why I noticed it.
I get the impression that it's a young bird but it can fly quite well.
I've trolled through a few online references but couldn't see it.

My apologies in advance for the poor shot - must be something wrong with my camera ;)

[Stu Ward]

Is it a Baby Kookaburra ??

Looks like it from the tail feathers anyway

[snowyskiesau]

Don't think so. The colouring is wrong (but it could be a young bird) and the beak looks too small.

[supernova1965]

I think it may be a cane phesant :question:

[RB]

"Pheasant over glass".

OK....bad joke.

:scared3:

[pgc hunter]

omg I got swooped and hit in the head multiple times by one of those freaking things during a field day with my uni class last year :eek:

[hotspur]

Pheasant coucal,Looks like a young one.

They spend a fair time on ground.

Bit hard to tell,from the photo,what sort of size?

Could be a imm common Koel.But I will go with my first choice.
Cheers Chris

[mental4astro]

To me it looks like one of the many varieties of cuckoos that arrive in Oz for the summer, like the really annoying koel.

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:oaR9yzVq3pA2lM: (http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbnaR9yzVq3pA2lM:)

With a bit of reasearch, it could actually be the female of the common koel. I've seen a local male, it's a largish bird, black, and its 3am "KOELLLL" cry has earnt it a price on its head.

[Ric]

Hi Geoff

It looks a bit like a Wattle Bird to me

Cheers

[snowyskiesau]

So far, I think Mental is closest. It certainly looks like a juvenile koel except the colour seems off.
It looks a lot different to the wattle birds that I'm seeing in the backyard - I have a lilli pilli that's heavy with berries at the moment and the wattle birds gorge until they can hardly fly.

[astroron]

To me it looks like a Pallid Cuckoo. :thumbsup:
Cheers

[gary]

Hi Geoff,

My money would be on a female Common Koel, which are brown like in your
picture.

Pity you didn't get a shot of the eye, which would be red in that instance.

Hearing quite few in the Kuring-Gai Chase National Park in recent weeks.

[NeilW]

I agree with the Koel. Tail feathers and markings are all wrong for a wattlebird, and it's too solid a bird as well. This is a pic of a female koel..


http://birdsinbackyards.net/images/factsheets/full/Eudynamys/scolopacea/koelfemnfifer.jpg

[mental4astro]

No one has asked what the prize is!

Could it be one orange tube C8... :rolleyes: :lol:

Those cucumbers I got from you, Geoff, the kids polished off quick smart! And the chillies, man-oh-man, the PAIN I'm in for...

[AstralTraveller]

Eudynamys scolopacea aka Common Koel. The appearance matches the female but its behavior suggests it is a juvenile. If you keep an eye on it I suspect you will find that it is still being fed by the foster parents. They make a lot of noise when first out of the nest to make sure that aren't lost or forgotten. It seems a bit late in the season - it's been a few months since a male sat in the tree in the neighbour's yard and called all day and all night - but that is the only thing it could be.

[wasyoungonce]

I name it "tweety"...what do I win?:D

[Analog6]

I think pheasant coucal too, we have them here.

[AstralTraveller]

The barred tail, the two different patterns on the wing, the light underside and the light streak from the eye towards the shoulder all match a koel better than a pheasant coucal. What was the size? A koel is 38-46cm long whereas a pheasant coucal is 60-80cm long.

[astroron]

I am Sorry but it looks nothing like a Coucal I still go for the Pallid Cuckoo.

[astro_nutt]

We should have "name that bird" section

[snowyskiesau]

Of all the forums of which I'm a member, I knew I'd get an answer here!

Eudynamys scolopacea aka Common Koel seems to be the closest fit based on my, blurred photograph, vague description and size.

I've also realised that I really need to learn how to use my camera :ashamed:

[ngcles]

Hi Geoff,

You asked us to name it. I'm calling it: Loretta.

It's a female Koel (called Loretta). :thumbsup:


Best,

Les D

[that_guy]

I swear I thought this thread was about Anthony... haha /palm

[Screwdriverone]

Dave


Cheers

Chris

[AstralTraveller]

Me?? Alex, Gary and Neil had it before me. :)

[Screwdriverone]

No....I meant the bird's name is "Dave"

I recognised him straight away, his chick is named "Loretta" which is why Les thought it was her....:P

It's definitely Dave.....know that bird anywhere... ;)

Cheers

Chris

[ngcles]

Hi Chris & All,

Unless Geoff's bird is a cross-dresser, its name isn't Dave.

The female Koel looks like this:

http://www.pbase.com/ian_c/image/96821805

the males look like this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pacific_koel_male_kob08.JPG

definitely Loretta ...


Best,

Les D

[Screwdriverone]

There goes Les, wrecking my joke with facts......:(

I stand corrected.......:lol:

Cheers

Chris

[snowyskiesau]

It would appear that Loretta has left the neighbourhood.
I haven't heard her for the last 2 days so hope she's just relocated rather than met with fowl play.

[The main reason I started the thread was that birds, other than mynahs and the occasional wattle birds in the lilli pilli, are a rare event at my place. I sometimes hear, but not see, kookaburras and of course galahs - but then the galahs could be in another suburb and I'd still hear them]

[Screwdriverone]

Hmm,

Maybe we should call her "Elvis"

Because.... "Elvis has left the neighbourhood!"

Thungyewverymudge uh huhuh!

;)

Cheers

Chris