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Common Hawk-Cuckoo-juvenile

Hierococcyx varius

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Description:

Brood parasitic bird laying their eggs in nests of babblers.It bears a close resemblance to the Shikra.
I noted that this one made large kee kee call to beg for food and then two babblers came and feed it.

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Common Hawk-Cuckoo

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PublishedJanuary 18, 2014

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