Malaysian Hawk Cuckoo
Keeping pace with Madi I got the Malaysia
Hawk Cuckoo in the deep side of Kemensah Hill whilst waiting for bird wave. The
bugger just flew out and perch on a branch of the large tree in the ravine.
Against the glaring background I only manage poor shot. The distance from Madi
catch and mine is about 3 klicks. Comparing the birds It is unlikely the same
bird though cuckoo do move around. Mine looks like a juvenile.This is a resident of Malaysia wherelse there is another subspecies Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo which winter over here from China - Nepal side. Similar in size and shape. The separation is the Malaysian has a cleaner black streak marking over whitish chest whilst the visitor have buffy rustic chest and the latter have darker grey overall. Both have a bit of puff throat and flatten tail. Calls is almost the same. During the same time of my sighting a Hodgson's was sighted in Singapore. Very rare to see the latter......
It is a medium size cuckoo reaching less that a foot with a flattened out tail.
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