Eudynamys scolopacea

(Common Koel)

Description

This bird can be found wherever there is plenty of fruit and is common around the campus during summer. Male is a glossy blue-black including the tail, legs and feet are grey, eyes red and prominent. Female has a black head but the upperparts of the body are brown spotted with white and her tail is brown with white bars. Legs and feet are grey, eyes red, bill pale.

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