I have a fair amount of bird life around my house and recently have been hearing what sounds just like a European cuckoo so I was wondering if any amateur 'twitchers' out there can confirm if they do live here in Thailand as well and if so how do they manage their 90 day reports ?

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Its not European Cuckoo,its a bird with similar call,  a biggish bird

black and brown feathers,unlike the Cuckoo it does not lay its eggs

in other birds nests,but it does eat their eggs and young.

regards Worgeordie

Greater Coucal, sometimes known as Chinese pheasant

 

My backyard has one, sometimes two.  Likes to scrounge for the big African snail and an occasional gecko.

Thanks for all the replies which were very informative, will be sure to look out for the colourful scrounger then. 

Koel, I think is the name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koel

"Ko-EL! Ko-EL! Ko-EL!!!" That one.

In my moo baan the Nok Kapoot  (Greater Coucal) seem to more baritone than tenor. I often think that if I have to leave Lanna while this body is still corporeal I will really miss their gentle hooting.

 

~o:37;

Koel and Coucal are different

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same family though

Koels and Coucals

 

Cool!

My friend who lives nearby managed to take a photo of the culprit and here it is

 

I think it is called a Plaintive Cuckoo as described here https://www.hbw.com/ibc/photo/plaintive-cuckoo-cacomantis-merulinus/bird-wire

On 1/17/2018 at 1:01 AM, Ruffian Dick said:

Koel, I think is the name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koel

"Ko-EL! Ko-EL! Ko-EL!!!" That one.

Is that the bastard that’s flying round here? Drives you up the wall.

 

p.s where can I buy an air gun?

When I lived in the village we had birds with a distinctive call. I think the birds are the only things I really enjoyed in the village.

Funny but birdsong in Europe I always found enjoyable to listen to, often highly varied with an abundance of different species with song varying in tone, pitch and 'rhythm' so it gets broken up and not at all monotonous.  Contrast that with here in Thailand I find the sounds that I mostly hear, the Koel and the ultra-annoying Plaintive Cuckoo, just grate on me after time.  Someone in the neighbourhood also has a f#####g pet parrot that squawks its brains out frequently throughout the day.  What I'd do to get my hands on that thing!!!

1 hour ago, SooKee said:

Funny but birdsong in Europe I always found enjoyable to listen to, often highly varied with an abundance of different species with song varying in tone, pitch and 'rhythm' so it gets broken up and not at all monotonous.  Contrast that with here in Thailand I find the sounds that I mostly hear, the Koel and the ultra-annoying Plaintive Cuckoo, just grate on me after time.  Someone in the neighbourhood also has a f#####g pet parrot that squawks its brains out frequently throughout the day.  What I'd do to get my hands on that thing!!!

I can see the headlines now  "Polyfilla killer at large!" 

20 hours ago, trevoromgh said:

I can see the headlines now  "Polyfilla killer at large!" 

Indeed!!  What anyone sees in these things is beyond me.  Like having a 2 year ADD kid that never grows up and lives for 20 years and that has a can opener for a nose.  No problem with people keeping them, just the inconsiderate b##tards that keep the damn things outdoors for everyone else to put up with their infernal racket while the owners go off out for the day.

OOPS......I thought this was a post about the Homo sapien farang species that come to nest in Thailand.

 

coo koo      coo koo      or Thai :   hey yoo      hey yoo 

There are many cuckoo species in Thailand and the photo looks like the hepatic morph of a plaintive cuckoo, one of the commonest. The European or Common Cuckoo is rare in Thailand but has been recorded from Doi Inthanon. It has an unmistakable call which any European would recognise.