Lesser Ground-Cuckoo - San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua

Our last day in San Juan del Sur this interesting bird was calling from the forest below the house at Casa Serena. I whistled back and sure enough the ground cuckoo poked his head out from the under story. We traded whistles for 15 minutes with the bird wondering where the impostor was. He finally figured out it was just me which is why he was looking at me like this in the photo. With interest lost he headed up the hill from here. These birds are nic-named the Cleopatra bird for coloring on the head and especially the "eyeliner"