A long-tailed cuckoo of southern India and Sri Lanka, found from lowlands to foothills and often in thorn scrub or second growth.
It has a grey body and long tail, a pale blue eye-ring, and an ivory bill. The undertail feathers have broad white tips.
It clambers through trees and thickets, usually alone or in pairs, and uses thorny scrub and second growth from lowland to hill country.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.