Lesser Coucal_Manas National Park

[Samrat Sarkar]

A typical tall grassland bird..the widespread grassland of Manas adjacent to forest is a good place to see them...smaller in size than Greater Coucal and it's eyes are black. Best seen in April-May in Manas....
Canon 7D + Canon 500mm f4 + Monopod
ISO 800, 1/125, f6.3, EC 0 step...

[Sandipan Ghosh]

First time seen....excellent frame...with good light composition...great photography...

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice perch. The head turn and the eye contact looks good. Some noise can be seen in the background. Liked the long talons. Thanks for sharing.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice pose and eye contact, looks a bit over sharpened...the prominent spikes of this species are clearly visible here.
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Roopak

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice image. Notable feature is black eyes vis-a-vis red eyes. The chestnut colour of the of upperparts of the bird is dull in our place. Is it so bright in case of Centropus bengalensis bengalensis of Manas? Thanks for sharing. SaktiWild

[Nishith Kumar]

Beautiful capture...Loved the eye contact, color and detail!!

-Nishith

[Sabyasachi Patra]

You have got it in the clear. The black eye tells us the difference. We don't often see the feet of the coucal. Given the reed it is perched on, one can guess that it is lighter. Thanks for sharing.