Birds of the World

    CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae (Cuckoos)  
Genus: Cacomantis (10 species)


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Moluccan Cuckoo (Cacomantis aeruginosus)
Range: AU: n, c Moluccas
 



Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo
Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo (Cacomantis castaneiventris)
Range: AU: New Guinea and w satellites, and n, e Cape York Pen., ne QLD (ne Australia)
Ok Menga, Papua New Guinea  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis flabelliformis)
Range: AU, PO: montane New Guinea, sw, e Australia and Tasmania, New Caledonia, Solomon Is., Vanuatu and Fiji (sw Polynesia)
Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


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White-crowned Cuckoo (Cacomantis leucolophus)
Range: AU: Salawati (Raja Ampat Is., nw of New Guinea) and New Guinea
 



Plaintive Cuckoo
Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus threnodes)
Range: OR, AU: se Asia to Philippines
Japanese Garden, Singapore
  Rufous (barred) morph.
 
Photograph by Wokoti   © All Rights Reserved.

The Plaintive Cuckoo has two forms, one with grey head and rufous breast, and one barred (called rufous morph) (HBW).

Pallid Cuckoo
Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)
Range: AU: Australia and Tasmania
New South Wales, Australia  
 
Photograph by David Cook     Copyright and usage info


Grey-bellied Cuckoo
Grey-bellied Cuckoo (Cacomantis passerinus)
Range: OR: India
Bhitrkanika, India  
 
Photograph by Sai Adikarla     Copyright and usage info

Indian version of the Plaintive Cuckoo.

Rusty-breasted Cuckoo
Rusty-breasted Cuckoo (Cacomantis sepulcralis sepulcralis)
Range: OR, AU: Malay Pen. to Greater and Lesser Sundas, Sulawesi and sw Philippines
Bidadari, Singapore  
 
Photograph by Wokoti   © All Rights Reserved.


Banded Bay Cuckoo
Banded Bay Cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii)
Range: OR: India and Sri Lanka to s China, se Asia, Greater Sundas and Palawan (sw Philippines)
Singapore  
 
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore)   © All Rights Reserved.

Back view.

Brush Cuckoo
Brush Cuckoo (Cacomantis variolosus) Immature
Range: AU: e Wallacea, New Guinea region, n, e Australia, Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is.
Fogg Dam, Middle Point, Northern Territory, Australia  
 
Photograph by Geoff Whalan     Copyright and usage info



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