Greater Coucal
Phaenicophaeus tristis

Identification: A gray cuckoo with an extremely long tail, featuring red bare skin around the eyes and a pale yellowish-green bill. The wings and tail are iridescent green.

It can be confused with the Plaintive Cuckoo or the Grey-bellied Cuckoo, but the Large Hawk-Cuckoo is distinguished by a white eye-ring surrounding the red eye skin and noticeably paler gray on the head and chest.

Found in lowlands, foothill forests, forest edges, abandoned areas, and agricultural lands. It forages similarly to squirrels and emits a hoarse, frog-like call.