Black Faced Cuckoo Shrike. (Juv).
Taken at Sandy Camp Rd Wetlands Reserve, Lytton, Queensland.
A group of juvenile Black Faced Cuckoo Shrikes were occupying the tall tree-top of a dead tree, which made for an excellent aerial surveillance post. From there they undertook sorties to collect and feed on insects on the wing.
These young birds resemble the adults, except the black facial mask is reduced to an eye stripe, which may cause them to resemble the smaller White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike which also has a black eye stripe.
Black Faced Cuckoo Shrike. (Juv).
Taken at Sandy Camp Rd Wetlands Reserve, Lytton, Queensland.
A group of juvenile Black Faced Cuckoo Shrikes were occupying the tall tree-top of a dead tree, which made for an excellent aerial surveillance post. From there they undertook sorties to collect and feed on insects on the wing.
These young birds resemble the adults, except the black facial mask is reduced to an eye stripe, which may cause them to resemble the smaller White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike which also has a black eye stripe.