Himalayan Cuckoo

The Himalayan cuckoo, formerly the Oriental cuckoo, is a brood-parasitic cuckoo about 30–35 cm long and 70–140 g. Adult males are dark ashy grey above with a brown, almost black, white-spotted and tipped tail. The area from the chin to the breast is ash-grey, the lower breast and abdomen white with black bars, and the vent white to milky orange, and the legs and feet yellow to orange with a yellow eye ring. (Wikipedia, general species account).

In 2005 the old Oriental cuckoo was found to be several species (Wikipedia, general species account). It was formerly known as "Oriental cuckoo" and contained several subspecies found over most of Asia. However, there is still some debate implying the differences are within range of variation from saturatus. Legs and feet range between yellow and orange. The Himalayan cuckoo can be found throughout northeast Pakistan, the northern Indian subcontinent to southern China in warm weather, spotted along Thailand, Taiwan, Nepal, Assam, Kashmir, and Burma. (Wikipedia, general species account).