Noisy buggers these birds are and when a chorus of them all join in, it's a party.

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Probably the Asian Koel, very common in Bangkok and all over Thailand:

 

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

 

Part of the cuckoo family of birds. Very loud early in the morning, but otherwise harmless, a fruit-eating bird.

Asian Koel in Bangkok:

 

 

That bugger is perched outside my condo......???

This is a greater coucal. In Thai its name is onmonopoetic nok-a-boot, "boot, boot being the sound that it makes.

43 minutes ago, Bonefish said:

Probably the Asian Koel, very common in Bangkok and all over Thailand:

 

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

 

Part of the cuckoo family of birds. Very loud early in the morning, but otherwise harmless, a fruit-eating bird.

Can be annoying.....but somehow fondly miss them when they go "walkabouts".

The coucals are related to cuckoos but act like crows. They will eat all the bird nestlings and lizards in your yard. They are cuckoos but not the parasitic kind. The Asian Koel (nok-a-wow, "wow" being the call they make, neverending), is a completely different bird, usually seen and heard in the winter. Coucals are all year round. Loels are high in the trees, coucals are always close to the ground.

the best way to make them stop waking you up.......

is a lead pellet........

 

Sometimes called the Chinese pheasant, one flew into an electrical transformer outside my house this morning and shorted out the neighbourhood. Very messy

1 minute ago, lucjoker said:

the best way to make them stop waking you up.......

is a lead pellet........

 

dont tell the <deleted>......they like preaching and telling you what is right and wrong......

as if we dont know .......

Chinese Spur cuckoo

I believe that is the cry of the drunken sexpat.

 

This is a Greater Coucal. There is also a Lesser Coucal. This one appears to be a Greater.

Here is an old Thai song about the Greater Coucal, the bird in the OP's photo.

 

 

Enjoy.

4 hours ago, appleman said:

The coucals are related to cuckoos but act like crows. They will eat all the bird nestlings and lizards in your yard. They are cuckoos but not the parasitic kind. The Asian Koel (nok-a-wow, "wow" being the call they make, neverending), is a completely different bird, usually seen and heard in the winter. Coucals are all year round. Loels are high in the trees, coucals are always close to the ground.

Not ALWAYS! Almost always...

 

(taken last month in BKK)

 

 

6 minutes ago, Briggsy said:

Here is an old Thai song about the Greater Coucal, the bird in the OP's photo.

 

 

Enjoy.

555 GREAT find...great song!  

I have one (or more?) That wake me up in the morning .. love it ..
Or sometimes I am already up .. watching the sunrise and listening to them ..
.. it must be close by .. I record the call on my phone and get it to talk to me ..

Neat bird I think

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Yes, Greater Coucal (นกกะปูดไหญ่). Love 'em, cherish 'em. The Asian Koel has a quite different call and is much more common year-round, in Bangkok at least.

Thanks everyone. I have some open spaces next to me and there are a number of them and once they get going, they like to out do each other. Mating call perhaps?

"Loels are high in the trees, coucals are always close to the ground."

We get both around the house. Coucals tend to hop around the ground a lot as it seems an effort to get airborne. See them a lot.
Koels I have hardly ever seen but they are always about; hear them a lot night time.
People always seem to love the coucals 'whoop whoop' sound. Many people seem to find the koels sound annoying but I love listening to them.

Of course there is the Hoopoe which make s a similar cry to the Coucal but its a continuous Hoo, hoo, hoo.

11 minutes ago, Gandtee said:

Of course there is the Hoopoe which make s a similar cry to the Coucal but its a continuous Hoo, hoo, hoo.

Although the pitch is similar, the volume, note length, number of notes and relative pitch of each note is quite different. I live in Sri Racha and the hoopoes are still found behind the apartment. The Greater Coucals have gone due to the level of development.

 

I will put the calls up here

 

Hoopoe

 

 

Greater Coucal

 

 

18 minutes ago, Briggsy said:

Although the pitch is similar, the volume, note length, number of notes and relative pitch of each note is quite different. I live in Sri Racha and the hoopoes are still found behind the apartment. The Greater Coucals have gone due to the level of development.

 

I will put the calls up here

 

Hoopoe

 

 

Greater Coucal

 

 

Great videos and sound! 

Just now, Gandtee said:

Great videos and sound! 

We have a pair of coucals in our garden. They are very brazen and don't fly off when you approach them. They also come onto the verandah, looking for lizards I expect. 

8 hours ago, appleman said:

This is a greater coucal. In Thai its name is onmonopoetic nok-a-boot, "boot, boot being the sound that it makes.

I thought that was Geordie for "an impromptu football game"...

Live and learn.

"Nok goot" in Thai or Lao I believe,  

 

  

12 hours ago, cocteau2x said:

I have one (or more?) That wake me up in the morning .. love it ..
Or sometimes I am already up .. watching the sunrise and listening to them ..
.. it must be close by .. I record the call on my phone and get it to talk to me ..

Neat bird I think

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" Neat bird I think "  As opposed to an untidy bird. Sorry, couldn't help it. 

Reminds me of times over 50 years ago now when I was in Vietnam, we used to call them "<deleted>> you," birds, because their call sounded like that well worn phrase. Of course I could be wrong, amazing what a few Budweisers did to us back then.

Years ago, one of my Canadian friends on Koh Samui asked he's Thai neighbour what Bird this was ?

The Thai neighbour answered "you can not eat " !!! Ok.. my friend said, but how you call it ? "You can not eat" was he's answer again !!!

So, my friend's conclusion was If you can not eat it !? it's not important to name it !!!!

Best regards !