There are several birds in the cuckoo family in Cat Tien and none of them was easy to take pictures of...
Violet Cuckoo（スミレテリカッコウ）
The male has a beautiful violet-coloured plumage as the name suggests while the female is kind of bronze coloured. They are a very small cuckoo - about 16-17cm.
Drongo Cuckoo（オウチュウカッコウ）
At first sight, it looked like a drongo but it had a bill like a cuckoo! Rather confusing! The white-barred undertail was distinct for this species.
Coucal（バンケンの仲間）
We saw both Greater and Lesser Coucals（オオバンケンとバンケン）and I am not sure which this one in the picture is...
Coucals are non-parasitic cuckoos like the Green-billed Malkoha（オニクロバンケンモドキ), which we also saw in Cat Tien.
More than 20 species of birds in the Woodpecker family are recorded in Vietnam and we saw 6 of them - 1. Grey-capped Woodpecker, 2. Laced Woodpecker, 3. Common Flameback, 4. Greater Flameback, 5. Rufous Woodpecker, 6. White-browed Piculet, and heard a rare one calling - Pale-headed Woodpecker.
Laced Woodpecker（タケアオゲラ）
Greater Flameback（コガネゲラ）
Its Japanese name is Koganegera, which means a "Golden" woodpecker, and it is a perfect match with its golden back!
Black-and-red Broadbill（クロアカヒロハシ）
Common Iora（ヒメコノハドリ）
We saw Great Iora（オオヒメコノハドリ), too but unfortunately, there's no picture.
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