Spotted Cuckoo ??

[Rajan Kanagasabai]

Could this be a spotted cuckoo ? Found this one at our garden (Chennai)

40D, Canon 100-400, F5.6, 1/125, ISO 400, Full Frame, hand held

regards
Rajan

[Bibhav Behera]

Hi Rajan,
I would reduce the highlights in the background on this one. Wish you had got the bird fully. Not sure about the ID but I'm inclined towards calling it a Female Asian Koel.

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Agree with Bibhav on the highlights. Definitely a female Asian Koel.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice head turn and eye contact. Its good you got it in the open. Wish you had got the tail too. Thanks for sharing.

[Lakshminarayanan Nataraja]

This looks like a juvenile female Asian Koel.

Think cuckoo is not reported from Chennai recently. Perhaps they are there in the well wooded suburbs.

Thanks for sharing.