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Shining Cuckoo (Shining Bronze-Cuckoo) (Chrysococcyx [Chalcites] lucidus lucidus) holding a cranefly in its bill, Okarito, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand
Known as Pipiwharauroa in Maori. A common non-endemic native breeding species. Summer visitor to NZ, and, like many cuckoos, a brood parasite.
Photo ID: NZS_10459_Shining_Cuckoo_(Chrysococcyx_lucidus)_Okarito_West_Coast_New_Zealand_November_7_CrsEA
Photo size: 20.2 Mpixels (57.7 MB uncompressed) - 5120x3938 pixels (17.1x13.1 in / 43.3x33.3 cm at 300 ppi)
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