Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx basalis

(L 6.7" Wt 0.77 oz)

Little Desert Nature Lodge

Australia

31Oct2015

Common across Australia

...parasitises the nests of fairy-wrens
who work in groups to chase it away.

Five species of Bronze-
Cuckoos are identified.

I hear you’re such a lazy bird, 

You cannot build a nest; 

Perhaps you could, if you would try 

We ought to do our best.

(Unknown)