Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo / Red-winged Crested Cuckoo (තම්බල-පිය කොන්ඩකොහා)
Clamator coromandus
Yet to capture image
Photographed in the outskirts of Valachenai.
Photographed in the outskirts of Valachenai.
Photographed in the outskirts of Kuchchaveli.
Photographed in the outskirts of Valachenai.
Pied Cuckoo / Pied Crested Cuckoo
(ගෝමර කොන්ඩකොහා)
Clamator jacobinus
Also referred to as Jacobin cuckoo, I came across two of them in the Kalkudah area. The second one was expertly catching alates (මෙරු) competing with lots of other bird species for them.
Images 7 and 8 are from the outskirts of Kuchchaveli.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Common Hawk Cuckoo
(උකුසුකොහා)
Hierococcyx varius
Yet to capture image
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Indian Cuckoo
(ඉන්දු කෝකිලයා)
Cuculus micropterus
Yet to capture image
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Lesser Cuckoo / Small Cuckoo
(පුන්චි කෝකිලයා)
Cuculus poliocephalus
Yet to capture image
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Banded Bay Cuckoo / Bay-banded Cuckoo
(වෛර ගුරුකොහා)
Cacomantis sonneratii
Yet to capture image
Photographed in Chundikulam National Park.
Photographed in Chundikulam National Park.
Photographed in Bundala National Park.
Photographed in Chundikulam National Park.
Indian Plaintive Cuckoo / Grey-bellied Cuckoo
Cacomantis passerinus
The first set of captures of an Indian Plaintive Cuckoo-Female (Hepatic Morph) made my day in Chundikulam National Park. Initially, we were foxed as to what it is. Gajendran (my guide to the park) had to do a bit of research at home to find out what it is. What a beautiful specimen to come across to start off the Cuckoo page.
Images 8 and 9 are of a male captured in low light at Bundala.
Photographed on the outskirts of Nilgala forest.
Photographed on the outskirts of Nilgala forest.
Photographed on the outskirts of Nilgala forest.
Photographed on the outskirts of Nilgala forest.
Drongo Cuckoo
(කවුඩුකොහා)
Surniculus dicruroides
Photographed in gloomy light inside a thick patch of forest in the outskirts of Nilgala, this beauty put on a beautiful show. It was spreading its wings and making a lovely call. Unfortunately, it was in the canopy which prevented me taking better photos.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Still waiting to get lucky and capture image.
Asian Emerald Cuckoo / Emerald Cuckoo
(ආසියා මාරකොහා)
Chrysococcyx maculatus
Yet to capture image
