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Hierococcyx varius
The common hawk-cuckoo is a medium- to large-sized cuckoo, about the size of a pigeon (ca. 34 cm). The plumage is ashy grey above; whitish below, cross-barred with brown. The tail is broadly barred. The sexes are alike. They have a distinctive yellow eye ring. Subadults have the breast streaked, similar to the immature shikra, and there are large brown chevron marks on the belly.
Shrub forest inside IIM Trichy campus, Tamilnadu.
Spotted on Nov 7, 2016
Submitted on Nov 7, 2016
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