what kind of bird is this?

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Haircut
Haircut
QLD
6491 posts
QLD, 6491 posts
6 Jul 2012 11:20am
i'm in south east qld. it's been visiting the yard at the same time for the last few days. it's about 50cm long from beak to end of it's tail. it doesn't seem to be too fussed about people around

thanks



nebbian
nebbian
WA
6277 posts
WA, 6277 posts
6 Jul 2012 9:30am
Looks like a cuckoo of some description...
Waterloo
Waterloo
QLD
1497 posts
QLD, 1497 posts
6 Jul 2012 11:32am
I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's son
I'm only plucking pheasants 'till the pheasant plucker comes.

Me husband is a keeper, he's a very busy man
I try to understand him and I help him all I can,
But sometimes in an evening I feel a trifle dim
All alone, I'm plucking pheasants, when I'd rather pluck with him.

I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's mate
I'm only plucking pheasants 'cos the pheasant plucker's late !

I'm not good at plucking pheasants, at pheasant plucking I get stuck
Though some pheasants find it pleasant I'd rather pluck a duck.
Oh plucking geese is gorgeous, I can pluck a goose with ease
But pheasant plucking's torture because they haven't any grease.

I'm not a pheasant plucker, he has gone out on the tiles
He only plucked one pheasant and I'm sitting here with piles !

You have to pluck them fresh, if it's fresh they're not unpleasant,
I knew a man in Dunstable who could pluck a frozen pheasant.
They say the village constable had pheasant plucking sessions
With the vicar on a Sunday 'tween the first and second lessons.

I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's mum
I'm only plucking pheasants 'till the pheasant plucker's come.

My good friend Godfrey is most adept, he's really got the knack
He likes to have a pheasant plucked before he hits the sack.
I like to give a helping hand, I gather up the feathers,
It's really all our pheasant plucking keeps us pair together.

I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's friend
I'm only plucking pheasants as a means unto an end !

My husband's in the forest always banging with his gun
If he could hear me half the time I'm sure that he would run,
For there's fluff in all my crannies, there's feathers up my nose
And I'm itching in the kitchen from my head down to my toes.

I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's wife
And when we pluck together it's a pheasant plucking life !


I think its a Pheasant Coucal.

birdsqueensland.org.au/downloads/qld_birds_select_brochure.pdf
Haircut
Haircut
QLD
6491 posts
QLD, 6491 posts
6 Jul 2012 11:41am
aha thanks! would this be the one?

www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Centropus-phasianinus

looks like a different bird in it's summer clothes
Gestalt
Gestalt
QLD
14969 posts
QLD, 14969 posts
6 Jul 2012 12:09pm
we used to refer to them as swamp pheasants growing up.

i'll check my what bird is that book.
stuk
stuk
NSW
894 posts
NSW, 894 posts
6 Jul 2012 5:21pm
Yep pheasant got one lives in my front paddock
Carantoc
Carantoc
WA
7298 posts
WA, 7298 posts
6 Jul 2012 4:33pm
Hard to tell from a picture but unless I am very much mistaken that is a Higgs-Boson Partridge.

You can find out for sure by throwing a parrot at it. If it emits two eggs, one the right way up, and one upside down egg, then that is definitely what it is.

SandS
SandS
VIC
5904 posts
VIC, 5904 posts
6 Jul 2012 6:55pm
Carantoc said...

Hard to tell from a picture but unless I am very much mistaken that is a Higgs-Boson Partridge.

You can find out for sure by throwing a parrot at it. If it emits two eggs, one the right way up, and one upside down egg, then that is definitely what it is.




Yes defiantly a HB P , found one in my underpants the other day
lotofwind
lotofwind
NSW
6451 posts
NSW, 6451 posts
6 Jul 2012 6:57pm
The drum sticks look pretty skinny, not a good eating bird, if you could get five of them you might get a decent feed.
GalahOnTheBay
GalahOnTheBay
NSW
4188 posts
NSW, 4188 posts
6 Jul 2012 7:01pm
It doesn't appear to be a galah of any kind, that's all I know...
Wanga F One
Wanga F One
QLD
231 posts
QLD, 231 posts
6 Jul 2012 8:21pm
Pheasant coucal alright, also have them at home in bris but super shy.
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23706 posts
WA, 23706 posts
6 Jul 2012 6:33pm
So there you have it.

A Pheasant Raptorcuckoo

Seabreeze delivers again

I reckon just shoot it
GRunner
GRunner
QLD
238 posts
QLD, 238 posts
6 Jul 2012 8:42pm
Pheasant, yum yum......

Not that I've eaten an Aussie one, but the English ones taste great
busterwa
busterwa
3782 posts
3782 posts
6 Jul 2012 9:40pm
What a beautiful animal
Over in W.A here are some of our cockatoo's !!! There is a fair few animals of the endangered list over here.
http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/pubs/black-cockatoo.pdf

museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/Forest-Red-tail-Black-Cockatoo_Info-Sheet_English.pdf
surferstu
surferstu
1011 posts
1011 posts
6 Jul 2012 10:07pm
Waterloo said...

I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's son
I'm only plucking pheasants 'till the pheasant plucker comes.

Me husband is a keeper, he's a very busy man
I try to understand him and I help him all I can,
But sometimes in an evening I feel a trifle dim
All alone, I'm plucking pheasants, when I'd rather pluck with him.

I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's mate
I'm only plucking pheasants 'cos the pheasant plucker's late !

I'm not good at plucking pheasants, at pheasant plucking I get stuck
Though some pheasants find it pleasant I'd rather pluck a duck.
Oh plucking geese is gorgeous, I can pluck a goose with ease
But pheasant plucking's torture because they haven't any grease.

I'm not a pheasant plucker, he has gone out on the tiles
He only plucked one pheasant and I'm sitting here with piles !

You have to pluck them fresh, if it's fresh they're not unpleasant,
I knew a man in Dunstable who could pluck a frozen pheasant.
They say the village constable had pheasant plucking sessions
With the vicar on a Sunday 'tween the first and second lessons.

I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's mum
I'm only plucking pheasants 'till the pheasant plucker's come.

My good friend Godfrey is most adept, he's really got the knack
He likes to have a pheasant plucked before he hits the sack.
I like to give a helping hand, I gather up the feathers,
It's really all our pheasant plucking keeps us pair together.

I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's friend
I'm only plucking pheasants as a means unto an end !

My husband's in the forest always banging with his gun
If he could hear me half the time I'm sure that he would run,
For there's fluff in all my crannies, there's feathers up my nose
And I'm itching in the kitchen from my head down to my toes.

I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's wife
And when we pluck together it's a pheasant plucking life !


I think its a Pheasant Coucal.

birdsqueensland.org.au/downloads/qld_birds_select_brochure.pdf



. Tldr

wormy
wormy
QLD
679 posts
QLD, 679 posts
7 Jul 2012 8:10am
Drive your car passed it at 60 kms and if it flies into the cars path it is a pheasant.
These birds do this all the time, very suicidal.
They have a habit of flying out of cane fields or bush and straight into oncoming traffic.
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