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Plaintive Cuckoo (Female)


Plaintive Cuckoo (Female)
Photo Information
Copyright: Ang Hwee Yong (Meerkat) Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 17 W: 0 N: 614] (3221)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-09-27
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D300, Tamron SP AF200-500mm f5-6.3 Di LD
Exposure: f/8, 1/200 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-10-25 2:56
Viewed: 158
Points: 6
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Plaintive Cuckoo
Size: 22 cm

Description:
Distinguished from violet cuckoo by full grey head and throat, and lack of eye-ring.

Voice:
A mournful series of whistling notes, rising in pitch.

Habits:
Found in all type of woodlands, except closed forest. It adapts well to cultivated areas, gardens and rural villages, often fairly tame. In spite of this, it is not an easy bird to see well, as it feeds on larvae and insect inside bushes and trees. It is a nest –parasitic on warblers (Sylviidae), especially on prinias and tailorbirds.

Distribution:
An uncommon resident Breeder in the island.

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Good photo of this interesting and a bit scared bird.Well done.Best regards.Alin.

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  • deud Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 440 W: 10 N: 504] (2372)
  • [2009-10-25 9:30]

une tres jolie photo!
belle macro!
superbes couleurs.
bon focus et cadrage.
felicitations!

merci.

Hi Ang

Good shot of this cuckoo. Cuckoos are always hard to get.

Chris

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