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Black-eared CuckooSize: 19-21 cm Weight: 25-38 g |
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Photos |
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
Frontal view of a Black-eared Cuckoo
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bowra Wildlife Sanctuary, near Cunnamulla, QLD, June 2019]
Near-frontal/ventral view of a Black-eared Cuckoo
(photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Rapid Creek, Darwin, NT, November 2021]
Near-lateral view of a Black-eared Cuckoo in fresh
plumage; note
the buff tint
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bowra Wildlife Sanctuary, near Cunnamulla, QLD, June 2019]
Near-lateral view of a Black-eared Cuckoo
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bowra Wildlife Sanctuary, near Cunnamulla, QLD, June 2019]
Near-lateral view of a Black-eared Cuckoo in fresh
plumage; note
the buff tint
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bowra Wildlife Sanctuary, near Cunnamulla, QLD, June 2019]
Lateral view of a Black-eared Cuckoo in fresh
plumage; note
the buff tint
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bowra Wildlife Sanctuary, near Cunnamulla, QLD, June 2019]
Dorsal view of a Black-eared Cuckoo
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bowra Wildlife Sanctuary, near Cunnamulla, QLD, June 2019]
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IMMATURE/JUVENILE |
Frontal view of a juvenile Black-eared Cuckoo
[Near Eulah Creek, NSW, December 2019]
Lateral view of a juvenile Black-eared Cuckoo
[Near Eulah Creek, NSW, December 2019]
Near-dorsal view of a juvenile Black-eared Cuckoo;
more information about it and its hosts is available
HERE
[Near Eulah Creek, NSW, December 2018]
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Behaviour |
Social behaviour: ? | Mobility: Migratory | Elementary unit: Solitary |
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Food, Diet |
Like most other cuckoos, Black-eared Cuckoos are insect hunters. They take their prey from foliage and from the ground. This species has a rare taste for hairy caterpillars that most other bird species dislike.
Lateral view of a juvenile Black-eared Cuckoo drinking water
[Near Eulah Creek, NSW, December 2019]
Lateral view of a juvenile Black-eared Cuckoo drinking water
[Near Eulah Creek, NSW, December 2019]
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Call(s)/Song |
For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The
interpretation of their meaning is our own;
comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.
blecuck_20200919_2.m4a | (NW NSW) | Contact calls (male) | © MD | |
blecuck_20200801.m4a | (NW NSW) | Contact calls (male) | © MD | |
blecuck_20190618.m4a | (SW QLD) | Contact calls (male) | © MD | |
blecuck_20200815_2.m4a | (NW NSW) | Contact calls (male), long sequence | © MD | |
blecuck_20180810_2.m4a | (NW NSW) | Contact call (female)? | © MD | |
blecuck_20180810_1.m4a | (NW NSW) | Contact call (female)?; response by Jacky Winter | © MD | |
blecuck_20180810.m4a | (NW NSW) | Arrival (female)?; response by Jacky Winter | © MD | |
blecuck_20200919.m4a | (NW NSW) | Various (pair) | © MD | |
blecuck_20200815_3.m4a | (NW NSW) | ? (pair) | © MD | |
blecuck_20190618_2.m4a | (SW QLD) | ? (female?) | © MD | |
blecuck_20200815.m4a | (NW NSW) | ? | © MD |
More Black-eared Cuckoo sound recordings are available at
xeno-canto.org
.