hkinni

Please id this cuckoo, thank you .

Po Toi

18/09/2011

HFCheung

Are there more photo?  From this photo, I would go for Oriental Cuckoo.

HF Cheung

cthomas

Here is another photo...



18/9/2011
Po Toi 蒲台
Hasselblad CF 500mm + APO1.4XE + 7D
ISO320 f11 1/50s

brendank

It's a interesting bird. How large did it appear?

gary

This cuckoo complex is very difficult for ID, in currently available knowledge.
Oriental Cuckoo in this case is the best guess, against Common Cuckoo.
But it can not (or not possible to) rule out Himalayan Cuckoo.

[ Last edited by gary at 20/09/2011 23:22 ]

brendank

I'm not even sure why this can't be a juvenile Lesser Cuckoo given we can't tell how large it is.

hkinni

take a closer look
(same bird on same tree)

brendank

This pictures does show the yellow irides clearly which rules out Lesser Cuckoo but still seems impossible to separate between Oriental, Common, and Himalayan Cuckoo.

lpaul

The combination of white and brown barring on the wing coverts, greyish tones to the face, black and white underside to the tail and especially the rather clear yellow irides suggest that this is almost certainly a heptic adult.

Given that almost nothing is published on the separation of hepatic adult Oriental, Himalayan and Common Cuckoos I doubt this bird can be identified based on current knowledge.

hkinni

Thank you all