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Centropus sinensis (Greater Coucal)

I've seen this species on most visits to Mai Po - usually startled in a tree flying away. It's large (larger than a crow) and really doesn't sit around for picture taking. This individual showed up in the closest mangrove, took one look around and promptly headed back into the mangroves. This is a poor photo, but I wanted a record that I at least saw it once.


Age: Juvenile
Altitude: 0m (0 feet)
Camera: Nikon D800
Date: Friday, March 10th, 2017 at 11:10 AM
Exposure: 1/100 sec at f8.0
Exposure Compensation: 851 ev
ISO: 400 asa
Lens: 400mm f2.8G ED VR AF-S NIKKOR + TC-20E III
With cropping (you see 30% of the image as shot), this lens is effectively a 1458mm lens on a 35mm camera
Location:
Lotus Flower Walking In Tall Grass Black Face Spoonbill Grey Herons On Gei Wai Kingfisher On A Branch Pied Avocet On One Leg Elevated Boardwalk In Mangroves Floating Boardwalk North Hide False Tiger Moth Red-Base Jezebel Lotus Flower Black Face Spoonbill Grey Herons On Gei Wai Pied Avocet On One Leg Elevated Boardwalk In Mangroves Floating Boardwalk North Hide Red-Base Jezebel Walking On Boardwalk Bird Bar Lotus Flower Black Face Spoonbill Grey Herons On Gei Wai Pied Avocet On One Leg Elevated Boardwalk In Mangroves Floating Boardwalk North Hide Lotus Flower One Blowing Walking On Boardwalk Black Face Spoonbill Macaque At Kadoori Farm Pied Avocet On One Leg Floating Boardwalk North Hide Changeable Lizard Basking Two Skinks In Woodpile Hg Baby With Peal Boats Looking To Buddha On Hill Lotus Flower One Blowing Pair On Surface Produce Market Bird Market City View At Night Bikes Parked On Pier Lovely Beach Where Is The Power Plant View On Lamma Island Beach At Shek O Boats Looking To Buddha On Hill Lotus Flower One Blowing Produce Market City View At Night Bikes Parked On Pier Some Light Green Fern View Of Central Walking On Boardwalk Beach At Shek O Boats Lotus Flower One Blowing Produce Market Bikes Parked On Pier Almond Cookies Kite Surfer Practicing Claira Climbing To Upper Floor Changeable Lizard Basking Beach At Shek O Boats Lotus Flower Bikes Parked On Pier Almond Cookies Beach At Shek O Boats Bamboo Inscribed Common Kingfisher Barn Swallow Resting Nara With Window And Small Trunk Beach At Shek O Across Hoan Kiem Lake Anchored At Night Fiber Drying Common Kingfisher Barn Swallow Resting Nara With Window And Small Trunk Entrance To Fish Market Floating Arch O-torii Kaimon-dakeFrom Nagasaki-bana Us At Volcano Amano Spit Castle With Swans Climbing Toward Castle Beach At Shek O Across Hoan Kiem Lake Anchored At Night Fiber Drying Beach At Shek O Boats Looking To Buddha On Hill Lotus Flower One Blowing Produce Market City View At Night Bikes Parked On Pier View On Lamma Island Almond Cookies View Of Central Beach At Shek O Boats Looking To Buddha On Hill Lotus Flower One Blowing Produce Market City View At Night Bikes Parked On Pier Almond Cookies Kite Surfer Practicing Claira Climbing To Upper Floor Beach At Shek O Boats Lotus Flower One Blowing Produce Market Bikes Parked On Pier Almond Cookies Kite Surfer Practicing Claira Climbing To Upper Floor Changeable Lizard Basking Beach At Shek O Boats Lotus Flower Bikes Parked On Pier Almond Cookies Beach At Shek O Boats Bamboo Inscribed Common Kingfisher Barn Swallow Resting Nara With Window And Small Trunk Beach At Shek O Across Hoan Kiem Lake Anchored At Night Fiber Drying Common Kingfisher Barn Swallow Resting Nara With Window And Small Trunk Entrance To Fish Market Floating Arch O-torii Kaimon-dakeFrom Nagasaki-bana Us At Volcano Amano Spit Castle With Swans Climbing Toward Castle Beach At Shek O Across Hoan Kiem Lake Anchored At Night Fiber Drying
Map
Region: Asia, Asia, East Asia, East Asia, China, Hong Kong, Mai Po Marshes
Scientific Name: species related to Centropus sinensis (Greater Coucal)
Tag: Hong Kong, Mai Po Nature Reserve
Larger image: 2000 x 1333
Raw image: 4038 x 2692

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