Chestnut-winged Cuckoo

The chestnut-winged cuckoo, or red-winged crested cuckoo, is a crested cuckoo about 47 cm long, with dark glossy upperparts, a black head and crest, chestnut wings, a rufous throat and a long graduated black tail. A white half-collar separates the black cap from the back. Young birds are dusky with scaly-looking wing feathers (Wikipedia, general species account). It breeds along the Himalayas and migrates south in winter to Sri Lanka, southern India and tropical Southeast Asia, including parts of Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines (Wikipedia, general species account). (Wikipedia, general species account).

The chestnut-winged cuckoo or red-winged crested cuckoo (Clamator coromandus) is a cuckoo found in Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia. They breed along the Himalayas and migrate south in winter to Sri Lanka, southern India and tropical Southeast Asia including parts of Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. This dark and crested cuckoo has chestnut wings, a glossy black crest and a graduated tail (the feathers shortening in steps from the center outwards) whose terminal edges are white and inconspicuous unlike the white tips of the Jacobin cuckoo which is found in parts of its range. (Wikipedia, general species account).