White Throated Munia @ Nanmangalam Reserve Forest
Got this elegant bird in Adyar Poonga on Greenways road in Chennai. I was waiting for him to get out of a tree but I gave up. As I stood up to move away, he relented and posed for me by perching on the fence. This bird is supposed to bring rain upon its arrival. (I don’t know why I think it is a ‘he’.)
Its called a Jacobin Cuckoo
Also known as Pied-crested Cuckoo. (new name?)