Within the Cuculiformes family we find the Coucal family with a little less than 30 species, appearing in Africa, south of the Sahara, soutern Asia and Australia. I had photographed one species before, many years ago in West Africa, but this was the first one in East Africa. I encountered it a couple of times in Arusha park, but at this opportunity I got closer and I could compose the picture to my will. In my view, this is an exciting bird!