Plaintive cuckoo

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Just lovely Pratim.

Thanks Kal Danner ....

*** MY BIRD PAINTING NO. 500 AND ALSO ON FACEBOOK BIRD PAINTINGS POSTING NO.500 [PDPC 486+ FBOC 14]*** PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 486 (Observe the Bird and recognize)..PLAINTIVE CUCKOO...[From a Photograph of MR.RAJIB KUMAR PAUL] ... WATERCOLOUR ...A4...2015... The plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus) is a species of bird belonging to the genus Cacomantis in the cuckoo family Cuculidae. It is native to Asia, from India and China to Indonesia. It is a fairly small cuckoo, 21-23.5 centimetres long. The adult male is grey-brown above and orange below with a grey head, throat and upper breast. There are white tips to the tail feathers. The legs and feet are yellow, the eye is red and the bill is black above and yellow below. The adult female is sometimes similar to the male but often occurs in a "hepatic" morph. This form is reddish-brown above with dark bars. The underparts are paler with fainter barring. There is a pale stripe over the eye and the tail has dark bars along