Black-eared Cuckoo
A species of Chrysococcyx Scientific name : Chrysococcyx osculans Genus : Chrysococcyx
Black-eared Cuckoo, A species of Chrysococcyx
Botanical name: Chrysococcyx osculans
Genus: Chrysococcyx
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Description General Info
Photo By Charley Hesse TROPICAL BIRDING 
Description
Adult weight on average 30 grams and are 19 to 20 cm long, with dull greyish-brown back with distinctive black eye-stripe from the bill to the neck. Rump is pale white and breasts area is pale salmon in colour. Feet and legs are black, eyes are brown, bill is black tail is grey/brown on top, with white tips, while underneath the tail is cream with brownish bars. What distinguishes it from other small sized cuckoo species in Australia is that it doesn't have a metallic coloured feathers on its back. Juveniles are duller in colour with a more brown eye-stripe. 
Size
20 cm
Feeding Habits
Black-eared Cuckoo predominantly consume insects, including beetles, flies, and caterpillars. They forage both on the ground and in foliage, adapting their hunting techniques to their diverse diet.
Habitat
The black-eared Cuckoo predominantly inhabits arid to semi-arid environments, seeking out a variety of dry open woodlands, scrublands, and thicket habitats. These include mallee and mulga woodlands, areas with lignum shrubs, saltbush communities, and thickets along riverbanks. They tend to prefer navigating through lower vegetation as opposed to flying through the canopies of larger trees and are infrequently found in regions with higher humidity.
Dite type
Insectivorous
General Info
Distribution Area
Common in most areas of Australia except wet coastal forested areas, basically inland side of great dividing range in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. Vagrants found in Tasmania. Breeds in southern Australia below 23rd parallel south some birds will stay in southern Australia during winter, while many will migrate to Northern Australia and further north into Indonesia and PNG,
Photo By Charley Hesse TROPICAL BIRDING 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Cuckoos and Relatives Family
Cuckoos Genus
Chrysococcyx Species
Black-eared Cuckoo 
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