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Acanthiza chrysorrlioa 

 Acanthornis magnus 

 Sericornis macutatus 

 Sericornis lathami 

 Sericornis magnirostris 

 Calamanthus campestris 

 Chthonicola sogittata 

 Megalurus gramineus 

 Acrocephalus australis 

 Cisticola exilis 



Stipiturus malachurus 

 Malurus cyaneus 

 Malurus callainus 

 Malurus splendens 

 Malurus leuconotus 

 Malurus melanocephalus 

 Artamus personatus 

 Artamus cinereus 

 Neositta chrysoptera 

 Ciimacteris picumnus 

 Pardalotus punctatus 

 Pardalotus striatus 

 Crjrtosiomus frenatus 

 Zosterops gouldi 

 Zosterops lateralis 

 Melithreptus brevirostris 

 Myzomela nigra 

 Acanthornis tenuirosfris 

 Acanthornis superciliosus 

 Gliciphila melanops 

 Meliphaga chrysops 

 Meliphaga leucotis 

 Meliphaga cassidix 

 Meliphaga ornata 

 Meliphaga penicillata 

 Aleliornis novaehollandiae 

 Passer domesticus 

 Aegintha temporalis 

 Neochmia phaeton 



Yellow-tailed thornbill 

 Scrub-tit 



Spotted scrub-wren 

 Yellow-throated scrub-wren 

 Large-billed scrub-wren 

 Eufoiis field-wren 

 Speckled warbler 

 little grassbird 

 Australian reed warbler 

 Golden-headed fantail 



warbler 

 Emu wren 

 Blue wren 

 Turquoise wren 

 Banded wren 

 Black-and-white wren 

 Red-backed wren 

 Masked wood-swallow 

 Black-faced wood-swallow 

 Orange-winged sittella 

 Brown tree-creeper 

 Spotted diamond bird 

 Yellow-tipped diamond bird 

 Yellow-breasted sunbird 

 Western Silvereye 

 Gray-breasted silvereye 

 Brown-headed honeyeater 

 Black honeyeater 

 Eastern spinebill 

 Western spinebill 

 Tawny-crowned honeyeater 

 Yellow-faced honeyeater 

 White-eared honeyeater 

 Helmeted honeyeater 

 Yellow-plumed honeyeater 

 White-plumed honeyeater 

 Yellow-winged honeyeater 

 House sparrow 

 Red-browed finch 

 Crimson finch 



C. basalis. 



This species has the longest list of fosterers of any of the glossy 

 cuckoos, comprising 100 species of birds. This figure makes no attempt 

 to enumerate the subspecies involved, as the members of the Australian 



