Cuckoo Host Listings
| Below are listed the commonly used,
successful hosts of Australian cuckoos as given by Brooker & Brooker (1989) and
determined subsequently. Asterisk denotes a major host in at least some part of
Australia.
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| Photo by Tom Tarrant
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| Red Wattlebird | Anthochaera carunculata* |
| Little Wattlebird | Anthochaera chrysoptera |
| Bell Miner | Manorina melanophrys |
| Noisy Miner | Manorina melanocephala |
| Yellow-throated Miner | Manorina flavigula* |
| Yellow-faced Honeyeater | Lichenostomus chrysops* |
| Singing Honeyeater | Lichenostomus virescens* |
| White-eared Honeyeater | Lichenostomus leucotis* |
| Yellow-throated Honeyeater | Lichenostomus flavicollis |
| Yellow-tufted Honeyeater | Lichenostomus melanops* |
| Yellow-plumed Honeyeater | Lichenostomus ornatus |
| Grey-fronted Honeyeater | Lichenostomus plumulus |
| Fuscous Honeyeater | Lichenostomus fuscus |
| White-plumed Honeyeater | Lichenostomus penicillatus* |
| Black-chinned Honeyeater | Melithreptus gularis |
| Strong-billed Honeyeater | Melithreptus validirostris |
| Brown-headed Honeyeater | Melithreptus brevirostris |
| White-naped Honeyeater | Melithreptus lunatus |
| Black-headed Honeyeater | Melithreptus affinis* |
| Eastern Spinebill | Acanthorynchus tenuirostris |
| Western Spinebill | Acanthorynchus superciliosus |
| Jacky Winter | Microeca fascinans |
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata |
| Dusky Robin | Melanodryas vitatta |
| Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis |
| Rufous Whistler | Pachycephala rufiventris |
| Willie Wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys |
| White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucorhynchus |
| Masked Woodswallow | Artamus personatus |
| White-browed Woodswallow | Artamus superciliosus |
| Black-faced Woodswallow | Artamus cinereus |
| Dusky Woodswallow | Artamus cyanopterus |
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Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus dumetorum
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| Photo by
G. Chapman
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| Purple-crowned Fairy-wren | Malurus coronatus |
| Brown-backed Honeyeater | Ramsayornis modestus* |
| Bar-breasted Honeyeater | Ramsayornis fasciatus* |
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| Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus variolosus | |
| Scarlet Robin | Petroica multicolor* |
| Rose Robin | Petroica rosea |
| Leaden Flycatcher | Myiagra rubecula* |
| Satin Flycatcher | Myiagra cyanoleuca |
| Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufifrons |
| Grey Fantail | Rhipidura fuliginosa* |
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| Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis | |
| Superb Fairy-wren | Malurus cyaneus |
| Variegated Fairy-wren | Malurus lamberti |
| Rockwarbler | Origma solitaria |
| Yellow-throated Scrubwren | Sericornis citreogularis |
| White-browed Scrubwren | Sericornis frontalis* |
| Large-billed Scrubwren | Sericornis magnirostris |
| Scrubtit | Acanthornis magnus |
| Chestnut-rumped Heathwren | Hylacola pyrrhopgia |
| Shy Heathwren | Hylacola cauta |
| Striated Fieldwren | Calamanthus fuliginosus |
| Redthroat | Pyrrholaemus brunneus |
| Speckled Warbler | Chthonicola sagittata |
| Brown Thornbill | Acanthiza pusilla* |
| Inland Thornbill | Acanthiza apicalis* |
| Buff-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza reguloides |
| Yellow-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza chrysorrhoa |
| Striated Thornbill | Acanthiza lineata |
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| Black-eared Cuckoo Chrysococcyx osculans | |
| Redthroat | Pyrrholaemus brunneus* |
| Speckled Warbler | Chthonicola sagittata* |
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| Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis | |
| Superb Fairy-wren | Malurus cyaneus* |
| Splendid Fairy-wren | Malurus splendens* |
| Variegated Fairy-wren | Malurus lamberti* |
| White-winged Fairy-wren | Malurus leucopterus* |
| Red-backed Fairy-wren | Malurus melanocephalus* |
| White-browed Scrubwren | Sericornis frontalis |
| Shy Heathwren | Hylacola cauta |
| Striated Fieldwren | Calamanthus fuliginosus |
| Speckled Warbler | Chthonicola sagittata |
| Brown Thornbill | Acanthiza pusilla |
| Inland Thornbill | Acanthiza apicalis |
| Chestnut-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza uropygialis |
| Slaty-backed Thornbill | Acanthiza robustirostris |
| Western Thornbill | Acanthiza inornata |
| Buff-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza reguloides |
| Slender-billed Thornbill | Acanthiza iredalei |
| Yellow-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza chrysorrhoa |
| Yellow Thornbill | Acanthiza nana |
| Striated Thornbill | Acanthiza lineata |
| Southern Whiteface | Aphelocephala leucopsis |
| Banded Whiteface | Aphelocephala nigricincta |
| Crimson Chat | Epthianura tricolor |
| Orange Chat | Epthianura aurifrons |
| White-fronted Chat | Epthianura albifrons |
| Scarlet Robin | Petroica multicolor |
| Red-capped Robin | Petroica goodenovii |
| Flame Robin | Petroica phoenicea |
| Little Grassbird | Megalurus gramineus |
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| Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus | |
| Superb Fairy-wren | Malurus cyaneus |
| Splendid Fairy-wren | Malurus splendens |
| Brown Thornbill | Acanthiza pusilla* |
| Inland Thornbill | Acanthiza apicalis* |
| Tasmanian Thornbill | Acanthiza ewingii |
| Western Thornbill | Acanthiza inornata* |
| Buff-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza reguloides* |
| Yellow-rumped Thornbill | Acanthiza chrysorrhoa* |
| Yellow Thornbill | Acanthiza nana |
| Striated Thornbill | Acanthiza lineata* |
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Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx minutillus Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx russatus |
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| Mangrove Gerygone | Gerygone levigaster |
| Large-billed Gerygone | Gerygone magnirostris* |
| Fairy Gerygone | Gerygone palpebrosa* |
| White-throated Gerygone | Gerygone olivacea |
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Common Koel Eudynamys scolopacea |
photo by Tony Rodgers
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| Red Wattlebird | Anthochaera carunculata * |
| Little Wattlebird | Anthochaera chrysoptera |
| Helmeted Friarbird | Philemon buceroides |
| Silver-crowned Friarbird | Philemon argenticeps |
| Noisy Friarbird | Philemon corniculatus* |
| Little Friarbird | Philemon citreogularis* |
| Magpie-lark | Grallina cyanoleuca* |
| Figbird | Sphecotheres viridis* |
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Channel-billed
Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae |
| photo by Alex Booth | |
| Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen |
| Pied Currawong | Strepera graculina* |
| Crows | Corvus spp.* |