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        Discussion Area 討論區 >> Bird Identification 鳥類辨識 >>  Plaintive Cuckoo 八聲杜鵑
        
(Message started by: kumanfai on Dec 12^th, 2005, 10:36pm)

Title: Plaintive Cuckoo 八聲杜鵑
Post by kumanfai on Dec 12^th, 2005, 10:36pm

Long Valley
10 Dec 2005

Is this an Oriental Cuckoo or a Plaintive Cuckoo?  Please help.

http://web.hku.hk/~wsfung/cuckoo_3952.jpg
http://web.hku.hk/~wsfung/cuckoo_3950.jpg

Title: Re: Oriental Cuckoo (Hepatic Morph) ??
Post by Owlet-nightjar on Dec 12^th, 2005, 10:52pm

Nice shots! ;)

It looks like a female plaintive cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus 八聲杜鵑 ???

Title: Re: Oriental Cuckoo (Hepatic Morph) ??
Post by kumanfai on Dec 14^th, 2005, 1:12am

on 12/12/05 at 22:52:28, Owlet-nightjar wrote:

Nice shots! ;)

It looks like a female plaintive cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus 八聲杜鵑 ???

Hi, Owlet-nightjar. Thanks for your correction. Would you mind telling me how to distinguish the two?

(I just tried to estimate the size of the bird from the photo and found it more close to that of the Plaintive Cuckoo which is smaller than the Oriental Cuckoo. But is there any further field marks confirming its ID?)

Thanks.

Cheers
Fred

Title: Re: Oriental Cuckoo (Hepatic Morph) ??
Post by Owlet-nightjar on Dec 14^th, 2005, 8:50am

on 12/14/05 at 01:12:55, kumanfai wrote:

Plaintive Cuckoo is a darker brown colour on the belly and Oriental Cuckoo has a paler belly with thicker bars.
Plaintive doesn't have the prominent yellowish eye-rings. The base of the bill is darker and the bill is slimmer than Oriental Cuckoo.

I wonder if it is a female, as I could see eye-stripes.

May be others can help to point out more features or correct me.

Title: Re: Oriental Cuckoo (Hepatic Morph) 中杜鵑(赤色形)
Post by kumanfai on Dec 14^th, 2005, 9:50pm

Hi, Owlet-nightjar, many thanks for enlightening me.