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Message: <blockquote data-quote="andyb39" data-source="post: 3663568" data-attributes="member: 50378">SeeToh and viator, you're both members of the Bird Sightings FB page, right? Another member, Luce Sam, posted some images there which I was wrestling with. He's kindly given me permission to post them here. I'd be grateful if you or anyone else could give me an indication of whether or not I'm getting these right.In the first image, the right-hand bird is clearly a Large Hawk Cuckoo. The left-hand bird is more difficult. Is it a juvenile Large Hawk Cuckoo? I think it's a case of the camera angle and possibly a foreshortening effect distorting the proportions, making the bird appear more compact than it really is. The bill is all-dark with no yellow base for a start. It would explain why I was having trouble matching it to either Hodgson's or Malaysian.The second image is the same bird, I think.The third image is LHC again, I believe (or is it?), but it's so dark. Is this within range? This could be the same bird as in See Toh's first image?</blockquote>