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geoff_welch
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The cuckoo I photographed on Po Toi last week was still there this week and I managed to get some slightly better photos.
   
Do these help the id?
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Re: Cuckoo sp
« Reply #1 on: Sep 22nd, 2006, 9:18am » |
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Let me try to narrow down the options.
There is no dark band at the end of tail. So, It should not be an Indian Cuckoo
For me the black stripes on the belly are too thick, so it should not be a Common Cuckoo.
The rest options are Oriental Cuckoo or Lesser Cuckoo. I will put my bet on Oriental Cuckoo due to its large size.
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Re: Cuckoo sp
« Reply #2 on: Sep 22nd, 2006, 9:38am » |
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Firstly, this is not the same bird as last week! That bird was an adult, this a first-winter. The broadness and eveness across the belly of the barring eliminates both Eurasian and Lesser Cuckoos. So we are left with either Horsfield's or Oriental Cuckoo. Only Horsfield's is on the HK list (identified from measurments of trapped birds) but Oriental, which breeds in S China should also occur. However, with a lack of field characters with which to separte the two, there is nothing much more we can do with this bird.
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Re: Cuckoo sp
« Reply #3 on: Sep 22nd, 2006, 10:04am » |
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OK, thank you both.
Let's just call it an Oriental/Horsfield's Cuckoo and the earlier bird can remain a mystery.
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