Brush Cuckoo (Cacomantis variolosus)
About the Brush Cuckoo
The Sahul brush cuckoo (Cacomantis variolosus), formerly known as the brush cuckoo, is a member of the cuckoo family. It is native to Malesia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and northern and eastern Australia. It is a grey-brown bird with a buff breast. Its call is a familiar sound of the Australian and Indonesian bush. Eight subspecies are recognised: C. v. major Salvadori, 1880 – north Moluccas (Morotai to Obi Islands) C. v. tymbonomus (Müller, S, 1843) – Rote Island, Timor and Wetar (east Lesser Sunda Islands) C. v. infaustus Cabanis & Heine, 1863 – New Guinea and most satellite islands C. v. obscuratus Stresemann & Paludan, 1932 – Numfor (Geelvink Bay islands, northwest New Guinea) C. v. variolosus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) – northeast Western Australia to south Victoria (north, east Australia)
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 155 recordings for this species: 32 CC BY-NC-ND · 26 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.
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Listed as recorded in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands 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.