Location
Daintree River, North Queensland
Australia
Metadata
Make Nikon D1X
Lens Nikkor AF VR 80-400 mm f/4.5-5.6D
at 640 mm
Exposure 1/4000 s, f/5.6, ISO 400
Image size 800 x 533 pixels
IOC Names
Deutsch Kleiner Bronzekuckuck Dutch Kleine Bronskoekoek
Italian Cuculo bronzeo minore Spanish Cuclillo Menudo
Comments
This is the world's smallest cuckoo, at 17 grams and 6 in. As described by Austin, "It regularly invades the domed nests of wrens and fantails and then pushes its head through the far wall, lays its egg and then pushes on through and out. The dupe, who soon returns, repairs the ruptured wall and continues its interrupted incubation".
Austin Jr, O.L. (1961): Birds of the World, Golden Press, New York, p 152
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| 30/04/2002 |
Little Bronze Cuckoo |
Jean-Michel PAULUS
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