Prefers lightly timbered country with sparse understory.
Summer migrant to s Australia, present in n Australia all year round. Brood
parasitises species with open nests, mainly honeyeaters, also robins and
woodswallows.
The Australian Bird Guide, Peter Menkhorst et al
Classifications: | Bird, forest and grassland |
Family: | Cuculidae |
Information sources: | Photo taken at Tedlands by Robert Werner |