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Subject: [Hong Kong] Carcass of juvenile Greater Coucal? [Print This Page]

Author: blackdogto    Time: 13/04/2013 01:30     Subject: Carcass of juvenile Greater Coucal?

Found at Chek Lap Kok in November 2012. It was in the vegatation area in between road and the "narrow channel" of the sea.

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Author: ajohn    Time: 13/04/2013 13:46

It's certainly a juvenile coucal (as shown by the barred primaries), but I would say that the pattern and colour of the barring on the body feathers, and the fact there a few pale streaks are visible on the feathers of the upperparts, means that this is (or rather, was) a juvenile Lesser Coucal.
Author: blackdogto    Time: 13/04/2013 19:31

Thanks John!




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