Banded Bay Cuckoo <i>Cacomantis sonneratii</i>, Ancharakandy, Kerala, India. My first shot and sighting of this lovely cuckoo. The adults are bright rufous or bay on the head and back and are broadly barred with dark brown. The bill is long and slightly curved. A whitish supercilium is distinctive above a dark eye-line. The sexes are alike. They are found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Like others in the genus they have a round nostril. They are usually found in well wooded areas mainly in the lower hills.
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