Greater Coucal

Centropus sinensis

Coucal perched in the open, near our farm in my village

Photographed at: Amruthapura, Karnataka on 2013-09-07

Greater Coucal is fairly common, but had to photograph because of their shyness. Distnguished from the Lesser Coucal by the bright red pupils

Family: Cuculidae

Name in Kannada: ಕೆಂಬೂತ