Cuckoo ID #3 | Hegurajima JP, may (1 Viewer)

A pretty red lady this time. The third cuckoo I saw this day in Hegurajima.


The amount of red may say something about the species, but i'm confused...


hope someone can help out....again


cheers,
Gerben

I checked the different cuckoos on OBI and it seems that only Eurasian Cuckoo has a whitish vent and similar barring on the undertail.
cf http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?Bird_ID=445&Bird_Image_ID=16015

Oriental seems to have a barred vent (http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?Bird_ID=444&Bird_Image_ID=33236)

Barring on Lesser Cuckoo seems altogether wrong for this bird. Vent is barred as well.

All this of course based on a few photos and the assumption that ID's are correct at OBI.


cheers,
Housecrow/Gerben

This record also has received a green V at japan.observation.org. as a Common Cuckoo.

cheers,
Gerben