Plaintive Cuckoo & Tiger Shrike

25th February 2012, Kemensah, Selangor

Common Name: Plaintive Cuckoo Local Name: Sewah Mati Anak Scientific Name: Cocamantis merulinus Plaintive Cuckoo has two different calls, one of them is so similar to the call of the Rusty-breasted Cuckoos that sometimes you do  get surprised when a different bird flies into view while you’re expecting it to to be the other. Common Name: Tiger Shrike Local Name: Tirjup Rimau Scientific Name: Lanius tigrinus   Almost time for her to fly north.