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.

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.