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Cicadabird        Images © Mark A. Chappell

Cicadabirds are medium-sized cuckoo-shrikes, named for their very insect-like call.   Males (like this bird) are dark gray; females are strongly barred.   I took the photos along the escarpment north of Wollongong, on the coast of New South Wales near Wollongong.

  • Canon 40D, 500 mm IS lens plus 1.4X extender, fill-in flash (2009)