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Message: <blockquote data-quote="andyb39" data-source="post: 3659623" data-attributes="member: 50378">Bryon, just to point out that the name bocki is now assigned to Dark Hawk Cuckoo, the resident form in the Malay Peninsula, which doesn't occur in Singapore, and Large Hawk Cuckoo, which is a passage migrant and winter visitor to Singapore, is now sparveroides. I remember learning this the hard way earlier this year!I made the initial mistake of a) limiting myself to the species suggested by the observer and b) focusing on plumage rather than structure. Once John pointed out the structure, it became pretty obvious. Avian Seeker, are you a member of the Bird Sightings FB page?</blockquote>