Brush Cuckoo (a video lifer)

This individual is an immature, and may easily be confused with the hepatic female of the larger Oriental Cuckoo. I saw it for three straight days along the banks of Bued River, after which it was gone. Solitary and secretive, it has a total length of 9 inches. This was the first time I got some video footage of this species.

Many thanks to Rob Hutchinson (www.birdtourasia.com) for confirmation of the bird ID. 

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Brush Cuckoo (Cacomantis variolosus, resident, immature) 

Habitat - Coastal mangrove to montane mossy forest.

 
Shooting info - Bued River, La Union, northern Philippines, September 21-23, 2018, Sony RX10 Mark IV + Uniqball UBH45 + Manfrotto 455B tripod, 600 mm (equiv.), various ISO and aperture settings, 1/60 sec, manual exposure, 4K/29.97p capture processed to 1080/23.976p.