ASIAN KOEL

Photographed on Langkawi, Malaysia, April 2017

(*   882)                   ASIAN KOEL                  Eudynamys scolopaceus   

MALAYSIA               56

Seen in coastal areas, plantations, and wooded gardens in towns and cities. 42 cm. Found across India, China andSoutheast Asia to Australia; In Malaysia and Singapore, residents boosted by passage migrants and winter visitors.

ASIAN KOEL

Photographed in Colombo, Sri Lanka March 2017

(*   882)                 ASIAN KOEL                    Eudynamys scolopaceus             

SRI LANKA                    1

Subspecies scolopaceus. Found in forests, open woodlands, gardens and cultivation. 43 cm. Common breeding resident from lowlands to mid hills. 

ASIAN KOEL

Kochi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

(*  882)             ASIAN KOEL                  Eudynamys scolopaceus 

NEPAL              77    

Found in open woodlands, groves, gardens and cultivation. 43 cm. Common and widespread resident and summer visitor.

ASIAN KOEL

Photographed on Christmas Island, December 2016

(see  882)                   ASIAN KOEL               Eudynamys scolopaceus

AUSTRALIA (Christmas Island)              690

Range: Indian subcontinent, China and Southeast Asia. 39-46 cm. Found in light woodland and cultivation; migratory. Several subspecies.