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Drongo Cuckoo
davidfree

Drongo Cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris)

Lurking in the dappled shade at about 600m elevation. Many thanks to Grahame Walbridge for correcting my previous mis-identification.
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Habitat
Rainforest
Location
Bukit Larut (Maxwell Hill), Malaysia
Date taken
13/12/2019
Scientific name
Surniculus lugubris
Equipment used
Olympus OM D E-M1 Mk2 + Panasonic/Leica 100-400mm handheld
G
Nice image David but it's not a Bronzed Drongo but in fact the superficially similar Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris. Note the slighter, curved bill and the small white marks to the upperparts which are retained juvenile feathers.

Regards,

Grahame
 
aloktewari
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Super capture in that difficult setting ... wonderful work, David ... tfs ...
 
delia todd
Staff member
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What a lovely bird you found David..... and got a super picture of him too laddie.

Excellent work my friend; many thanks for showing him to us.
 

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