Brush Cuckoo

Cacomantis variolosus - Coucou des buissons

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Cuculiformes

  • Family
    :

    Cuculidés

  • Genus
    :

    Cacomantis

  • Species
    :

    variolosus

Descriptor

Vigors Horsfield, 1827

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 28 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Coucou des buissons
adult

Brush Cuckoo (Cacomantis variolosus) is a species of bird in the Cuculidae family.

Subspecific information 10 subspecies

  • Cacomantis variolosus variolosus (n, e Australia)
  • Cacomantis variolosus tymbonomus (Timor. e Lesser Sundas.)
  • Cacomantis variolosus infaustus (n and e Moluccas to n and c New Guinea)
  • Cacomantis variolosus blandus (Admiralty Is.)
  • Cacomantis variolosus macrocercus (New Britain, New Ireland and Tabar Is.. Bismarck Arch..)
  • Cacomantis variolosus websteri (New Hanover. Bismarck Arch..)
  • Cacomantis variolosus addendus (Solomon Is.)
  • Cacomantis variolosus major ()
  • Cacomantis variolosus obscuratus ()
  • Cacomantis variolosus fortior ()

Foreign names

  • Coucou des buissons,
  • Cuco varioloso,
  • cuco-do-mato-australasiático,
  • Buschkuckuck,
  • vörhenyeshasú kakukk,
  • Treurkoekoek,
  • Cuculo di macchia,
  • vanlig buskgök,
  • Krattgjøk,
  • kukučka pralesná,
  • kukačka pokřovní,
  • Kratgøg,
  • pensaskäki,
  • cucut dels matolls,
  • kukułka płowa,
  • Щетинистая кукушка,
  • Wiwik rimba,
  • ハイガシラヒメカッコウ,
  • 灌丛杜鹃,
  • 叢杜鵑,

Voice song and cries

Coucou des buissons
adult

Habitat

Coucou des buissons
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Pastureland, Rural Gardens, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 14-03-2016
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