Karura Forest #53: Beautiful Deceiver
The cache, a small screw-capped camo-pot, is hidden in the rear base of a multiforked tree which has gum oozing out of it. This bird's distinctive call was heard as I was exploring this area. It was not spotted because (as is commonly the case) it was calling whilst well hidden at the top of some tall trees.
To reach the cache location: enter the forest by Gate C on Kiambu Road at S 01 14.395 E 36 50.644. After parking and paying the entry fee, proceed north for approximately 220m along the track parallel to the main road. Find a trail heading left (west) and follow this past J39 to the cache location.
See GC4PD3V Karura Forest #1: Intro, info & entry for background info on the forest, opening times, entry fees, etc. and here for a detailed map of Karura & Sigiria Forests.
The Klaas's cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found throughout most of 
sub-Saharan Africa except for arid areas (see distribution map in Gallery).
It was named by French explorer François Le Vaillant after his Khoikhoi servant. He was the only colonial biologist to name a bird species after local people.
It is a small woodland cuckoo 16-18cm long which weighs around 26g. It exhibits sexual dimorphism with males having a glossy green body with few markings and plain white underparts and females having a bronze-brown body, greenish wing coverts and faintly barred white underparts. Viewed in flight, the male is largely white with dark primaries and females appear mostly brown. Males and females both have a small white post-ocular patch. It 
differs from the similar but larger Diederik Cuckoo in its lack of white wing spots.
It is a common and widespread resident from 0-3,000m in open broad-leaved woodland, forest edges, bush/thickets, savannah, parks and large gardens. It is solitary and unobtrusive with the female being seen only rarely.
It forages in foliage, and is mainly insectiverous eating especially caterpillars, but also butterflies, bug nymphs, beetles, small Orthoptera, and termites.
Continues with Karura Forest #54 . . .