hawk-cuckoo @ labrador park - Jan 2013

Spotted this hawk-cuckoo at about 7pm on the tree just before the Labrador Park beach gate. It kept flying to and fro between that branch pictured and somewhere behind one of the sea almond trees behind the beach walkway. It seemed to prefer to sit with its neck withdrawn as if to lower its profile. However, just before flying off, it extended its neck as if to get a better look at something before it flew off.

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It's either a Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo or a Hudgson's Hawk-Cuckoo (?). This paper by Yong Ding Li highlights the difficulty in identifying between the two.