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 LC    Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo* Id (Atlas):
    Cacomantis castaneiventris

Description (10)
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Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
23 - 25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1867)

Derivation
Cacomantis - Gk, cacomantus, prophet of evil: cas-tan'-e-i-ven'-tris - L., castaneus, chestnut; L., venter, belly

Habitat
Dense tropical rainforests, including monsoon forest and open eucalyptus forest up to 1 km from the edge of rainforest.

Range (Guide)
Australia (B), Indonesia (B), Papua New Guinea (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Usually solitary.

Food
Insects, precurred in the forest canaopy but often taken from the ground.

Voice
A wavering, rattling, musical trill. Mournful, husky, 'wheeer-wheeer-'.



Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (30)...)

 
Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo (Cacomantis castaneiventris) [XC26353]
     by Bas van Balen from Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop, Papua, Indonesia (song)

 
Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo (Cacomantis castaneiventris) [XC279305]
     by Marc Anderson from km 17 Kiunga-Tabubil road, Western Province, Papua New Guinea (song)

Nest
None. Egg(s) laid in that of the foster parents.

Eggs (Guide)
1; faint pinkish-white, marked all over with spots of mid-brown and fainter pale grey; oval; about 21 x 15 mm. Incubation is carried out by the species whose nest has been parasitised.

Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • castaneiventris (Gould, 1867)   -  Cape York Peninsula, Torres Strait and Aru Island.
  • arfakianus Salvadori, 1889   -  West Papuan Island and north-western New Guinea, extending east to Mamberamo River, on northern coast and to Fly River on southern coast.
  • weiskei Reichenow, 1900   -  Mountains of south-eastern New Guinea, west to Sepik Region in the north and Utakwa River in the south.



References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9


Files:
JPG files for Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo (Cacomantis castaneiventris) - 10 filesMP3 files for Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo (Cacomantis castaneiventris) - 2 files


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