Sirkeer Malkoha

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Another brilliant painting. I know you're trying to identify a bird at the moment - I've seen a Facebook posting which unfortunately now seems to have disappeared, making it hard to search for the bird and identify it; my small library of bird books was not adequate, I fear. However - if you send me that photograph, I could put it on the Forum here and see if any of our members could identify it: or of course visit the Forum yourself. You know where to find me...

Good morning from India Sir. Ok ...I will send you on your email id.

PAKHI DEKHOON PAKHI CHINOON #659. OBSERVE THE BIRD AND RECOGNIZE...SIRKEER MALKOHA ... WATERCOLOUR...A4.... 2016..[From the photograph of Mr. SONU ARORA]...The sirkeer malkoha or sirkeer cuckoo (Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii), is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis, and the hoatzin. It is a resident bird in the Indian subcontinent. Size: A largish bird at 42 cm. Appearance: Mainly earthy brown and rufous in colour, and the long heavy tail is edged with prominently white tipped graduated cross-rayed tail feathers. An obvious relation of the coucal (crow pheasant). Bill is hooked, bright cherry-red and yellow. Sexes are similar, but juveniles are duller and barred above. Habitat: Largely terrestrial, open scrub and thorn jungle, deciduous secondary jungle. Singly or in pairs. Behaviour: Stalks about amongst thickets like crow-pheasant, searching for food; insects, lizards, fallen fruits and berries, etc. Runs swiftly throu