Record shot - Blue-faced malkoha

Blue-faced malkoha, It kept on jumping behind the trunk, so this is the only 'in focus' shot i got... :/

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

And now I will ask, do you also have the Red-faced Malkoha? Posted 10 years ago
1. JohnR
  
  Lion
  
  Unfortunately not! :P Posted 10 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    It's at the end of my set, that's why I asked :) Posted 10 years ago
  2. 1. JohnR
      
      Lion
      
      I'll see if i can get it before you post it! :P Posted 10 years ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Hehe, well good luck with that. My understanding is that they only live in the rainforest area of Sri Lanka, only a few hundred of them, and very hard to photograph. Posted 10 years ago

JohnR

Lion

I don't like my chances! :) Posted 10 years ago

The Blue-faced malkoha

The blue-faced malkoha is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis, and the Hoatzin. It is restricted to Sri Lanka and southern India. The blue-faced malkoha is a bird of open forests and scrub jungle. It nests in a thorn bush, the typical clutch being two, sometimes three, eggs.

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Similar species: Cuckoos

Species identified by JohnR