Presented mostly for education, the Large Hawk-Cuckoo ranges throughout Southeastern Asia where it inhabits montane forest and scrubby hillsides.
This frame was a fortuitous capture out my car window at Kaeng Krachan National Park. The bird looks like he just bathed in an adjacent puddle, and
I didn't have long with him as another car came along the road and pushed him off as I captured this frame.
The bird's body angle isn't perfect, but I'm into the look-back gaze and underwing view. This skulky bird is usually buried in canopy - and there aren't many decent
frames of it - so I was pretty thrilled with what is effectively a flight shot of this rarely-photographed passerine.
Edge-to-edge vertical cropped from horizontal, so no room at top or bottom.
Canon 600mm f/4 IS II + 1.4x III on EOS 5D4
1/1000 at f/5.6, ISO 1600
Processed in LR CC with only standard sliders