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Red-chested cuckoo Not the best photo but this little beauty has been eluding me for weeks. This morning I spotted him high up on a dead tree. Leaning out of my bathroom window and stretching my poor little zoom to its max, I managed to get this. At least it is another new specie!!! Birds,Cuculus solitarius,Geotagged,Red-chested Cuckoo,South Africa,United States Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Red-chested cuckoo

Not the best photo but this little beauty has been eluding me for weeks. This morning I spotted him high up on a dead tree. Leaning out of my bathroom window and stretching my poor little zoom to its max, I managed to get this. At least it is another new specie!!!

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The Red-chested Cuckoo

The Red-chested Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is a medium-sized bird, found in Africa south of the Sahara. In Afrikaans, it is known as "Piet-my-vrou", after its call.

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Similar species: Cuckoos
Species identified by Claire Hamilton
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By Claire Hamilton

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Uploaded Nov 2, 2012. Captured Nov 2, 2012 07:29 in N2, South Africa.
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  • Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
  • f/9.0
  • 1/640s
  • ISO400
  • 250mm