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Brain Fever bird - Common Hawk Cuckoo
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Brain Fever bird - Common Hawk Cuckoo (Heirococcyx varius)

The bird gets its name due to its repetitive calls which sound like 'brain fever'. The pitch keeps going higher and higher. A very beautiful bird to watch, it lives both in wooded forests as well as well wooded country side.
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Habitat
Wooded forest and country side
Location
Kakanakote Forest (Kabini), Karnataka, India
Date taken
30th March 2009
Scientific name
Heirococcyx varius
Equipment used
Canon 40D with Canon 100-400L IS lens
Adalia
Super picture and a lovely explanation....thank you!!

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Cora.
 

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Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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