- Eudynamys cyanocephala
Identification
Male - glossy black plumage, tinged with blue and green, red eye. Female - glossy brown upperparts, heavily spotted with white, black crown, buff-cream underparts with fine black bars. Young birds resemble the adult female, but are more buff and have a dark eye.
Distribution
Breeding from north-west Australia along the north coast and down to New South Wales. This species is mostly migratory, wintering to the Moluccan Islands.
Taxonomy
Australian Koel with two subspecies were split from Asian Koel and Black-billed Koel by some authorities, however, others still think that the best treatment is to consider all three as one species which would then be named Common Koel, Eudynamys scolopacea.
Habitat
Tall forests and suburbs.
Behaviour
The diet includes fruit, particularly figs.
It is a brood parasite, laying 1 egg.
References
Birds in Backyards]
