Cuckoo Eggs Cuckoo eggs may mimic the exact colour of the host eggs, or they may be a fair match, or may not match the host eggs at all. Sometimes the shape is a give-away. Cuckoos generally have elongated oval eggs, whilst those of their passerine hosts tend to be pointed at one end. In some dark cuckoo eggs (e.g. Black-eared Cuckoo) the colour can be rubbed off leaving a pale blue shell beneath. |
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| Horsfield's
Bronze-Cuckoo (1) Western Thornbill (2) |
Horsfield's
Bronze-Cuckoo (1) Splendid Fairy-wren (2) |
Horsfield's
Bronze-Cuckoo (right) Red-capped Robin (left) |
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| Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
(1) Yellow-rumped Thornbill (2) |
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
(1) Western Thornbill (2) |
Channel-billed Cuckoo
(1) Torresian Crow (2) |
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