Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo (Cacomantis castaneiventris)
About the Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo
The chestnut-breasted cuckoo (Cacomantis castaneiventris) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. Three subspecies are currently recognised: Cacomantis castaneiventris arfakianus (Salvadori, 1889) – Parts of western New Guinea. Cacomantis castaneiventris weiskei (Reichenow, 1900) – Eastern New Guinea. Cacomantis castaneiventris castaneiventris (Gould, 1867) – Aru Islands in Indonesia and the Cape York Peninsula in Australia.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 33 recordings for this species: 4 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Banded Bay CuckooCacomantis sonneratiirecording
- Fan-tailed CuckooCacomantis flabelliformisrecording
- Grey-bellied CuckooCacomantis passerinusrecording
- Plaintive CuckooCacomantis merulinusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.