ASIAN KOEL

Photographed in Singapore November 2016. Female above, the male is black.

(882)          ASIAN KOEL            Eudynamys scolopacea

SINGAPORE          (4)

Found in open woodland, secondary growth, scrub, cultivated areas, parks and gardens. 40-44 cm. Found in the Indian Subcontinent, China and Southeast Asia.

COMMON KOEL

Photographed in Bendigo,  November 2014

405         PACIFIC KOEL           Eudynamys orientalis

Australia          (279)

Also known as Eastern Koel, and colloquially as railbird or stormbird. A large cuckoo, well-known for its distinctive mournful call. Found in leafy, fruiting trees on fringes of rainforests, woodlands, streams; farmlands, parks, streets. Range: winters in PNG-Indonesia, breeds in n. and e. Aust. from Kimberley to s. coast NSW, occasionally e. Vict and s. WA; ranges to India and China. The one pictured is on edge of its range at Bendigo, one of two or three males in the town.