Name of this awesome singing Sri Lankan bird?? mp3 attached (1 Viewer)

[thommiboy89]

Hi!
I'm super curious about the name of a bird I heard singing in Sri Lanka a few weeks ago. I heard it in the city Anuradhapura in the North of the country. As a musician I was really suprised about it's singing because it is such a clear melody, i love it! I recorded the bird with my Iphone and it is in the attachement.

Does anyone know which bird this is?
It seems like Birdnet does not recognize the bird... I asked it to the host of my guesthouse and he asked his friend who knows many birds. He said it was a Kingfisher but when i looked up the Kingfisher sound it is totally different.

Thanks a lot !!

Cheers,
Thomas

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

I think it's Banded Bay Cuckoo:

XC708013 Banded Bay Cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii)

xeno-canto.org

Or perhaps Indian Cuckoo (pitch and speed perhaps better for this):

XC359667 Indian Cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)

xeno-canto.org

 

[stuartelsom]

Definitely Indian Cuckoo.

Stu

 

[thommiboy89]

Thank you very much!!! That's definitely him!