Rusty-Breasted Cuckoo

10th July 2016, Kemensah, Selangor  

Local Name:  Sewah Dada Oren

Scientific Name: Cacomantis sepulcralis
Equipment: Nikon 1 V3 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8 ED-VR

Rusty-Breasted Cuckoo (sub-adult)

6th August 2016, Sg. Congkak, Selangor 

Local Name:  Sewah Dada Oren

Scientific Name: Cacomantis sepulcralis

Equipment: Nikon 1 V3 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8 ED-VR

Greater Coucal

20th February 2016,  Kemensah,  Selangor DE

Local Name:  Burung But-But

Scientific Name: Centropus sinensis

Equipment: Nikon 1 V3 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8 ED-VR

 

 

 

 

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_m8ZUQ4Khc

Rusty-Breasted Cuckoo Again

13th February 2016, Kemensah, Selangor

Local Name:  Sewah Dada Oren

Scientific Name: Cacomantis sepulcralis

Equipment: Nikon 1 V3 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8 ED-VR

 

Plaintive Cuckoo (Male)

9th February 2016, Kemensah, Selangor

Local Name:  Sewah Mati Anak

Scientific Name: Cacomantis merulinus

Equipment: Nikon 1 V3 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8 ED-VR

Drongo Cuckoo

9th February 2016, Kemensah, Selangor

Local Name:  Sewah Sawai

Scientific Name: Surniculus lugubris

Equipment: Nikon 1 V3 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8 ED-VR

 

Rusty-Breasted Cuckoo (male)

24th January 2016, Kemensah, Selangor

Local Name: Sewah Dada Oren

Scientific Name: Cacomantis sepulcralis

Equipment: Nikon 1 V3 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8 ED-VR

 

 

 

Enjoy the video

https://youtu.be/O0wKbJ_su9w

Drongo Cuckoo

15th November 2014, Kemensah, Selangor

Scientific Name: Surniculus lugubris Equipment: Nikon 1 V2 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8G

Birds of Kuala Selangor

21st & 25th December 2012, Kuala Selangor, Selangor

Equipment: Nikon D7000 & , Nikkor 400mm f2.8 + TC20EIII                  Nikon 1 V1  + Nikkor 400mm f2.8 It is the rainy season now  and from my experience jungle birds tend to be  a little quiet and hard to find so it was Kuala Selangor again for some coastal birds   A pair of Asian Dollarbirds A Little Heron preening                                   The Chestnut-winged Cuckoo was  a pleasant surprise. A Collared kingfisher regurgitating something from her throat.   25th December 2012: A Grey heron A Black-capped KIngfisher Crested Serpent Eagle This catfish may be too big for the Black-crowned Night-heron to handle Sunda pygmy Woodpecker

Drongo Cuckoo: Juvenile

30th September 2012, Kemensah , Selangor

Local Name: Sewah Sawai Scientific Name: Surniculus lugubris Equipment: Nikon D7000, Nikkor AFS 400mm f2.8ED VR+TC20EIII The colour appears different  depending on the direction of the light.

Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo: Juvenile

15th September 2012, Kemensah , Selangor

Local Name: Sewah Hantu Scientific Name: Hierococcyx fugax Equipment: Nikon D7000, Nikkor AFS 400mm f2.8ED VR+TC20EIII

Banded Bay Cuckoo

31st August 2012, Kemensah , Selangor

Local Name: Sewah Takuweh Scientific Name: Cacomantis sonneratii Equipment: Nikon D7000, Nikkor AFS 400mm f2.8ED VR+TC20EIII It has been several years since my last sighting of this beautiful Cuckoo in Kemensah.

Drongo Cuckoo

26th August 2012, , Kemensah, Selangor

Local Name: Sewah Sawai Scientific Name: Surniculus lugubris Equipment: Nikon D7000, Nikkor AFS 400mm f2.8ED VR+TC20EIII There were lots of catterpillars that day which provided this Drongo Cuckoo with a hefty breakfast.

Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo: Phew!

20th August 2012, , Bukit Keluang , Terengganu

Local Name: Sewah Horsfield Scientific Name: Chrysococcyx basalis Equipment: Nikon D7000, Nikkor AFS 400mm f2.8ED VR+TC20EIII It taught me a lesson never to delete any photos until they have been properly scrutinised. I took  a lot of photos of this bird, deleted quite a few and kept only four just for record purposes. In my mind she was a Little Bronze-Cuckoo which I‘ve shot on many previous occasion, but I had noticed that she had strange looking streaks at the throat. Left the photos in the computer for three weeks thinking they were nothing special. Only after going through the Birds List of Peninsular Malaysia did I realise that there was another specie of Bronze Cuckoo. The Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo is a ‘vagrant’ and according to the information I received, this could be only the second record for Peninsular Malaysia.     The barring are limited  to the flanks.

Plaintive Cuckoo

15th March 2012, Tok Kassim, Sabak, Kelantan

Local Name: Sewah Mati Anak Scientific Name: Cacomantis merulinus

Chestnut-Winged Cuckoo

15th March 2012, Tok Kassim, Sabak, Kelantan

Local Name: Sewah Kepak Merah Berjambul Scientific Name: Clamator coromandus   One of the more elusive migrant cuckoos, I finally caught up with her in my home state of Kelantan. I noticed that this Cuckoo preferred to forage very close to the ground and sometimes would come down to the ground in search of  food. This is an ultra long distance shot of my lifer.

Hodgson’s Hawk-Cuckoo

9th March 2012, Ayer Itam Dalam, Pulau Pinang

Local Name: Scientific Name: Cuculus fugax It was my second sighting of the  migrant Hodgson’s Hawk Cuckoo and this one appears to be a juvenile.   The narrow  dark penultimate  tail bar can be clearly seen, the feature which differentiates her from the Malaysian Hawk Cuckoo