Chestnut-breasted cuckoo

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Chestnut-breasted cuckoo
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Cacomantis
Species:
C. castaneiventris
Binomial name
Cacomantis castaneiventris
(Gould, 1867)

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.

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Taxonomy

Three subspecies are currently recognised: [2]

Description

The chestnut-breasted cuckoo is about 22–25 centimetres (8.7–9.8 in) long. Adults have a dark slaty grey-blue head, back and wings, deep rufous breast and underparts and barred black and white tail. Immatures are dull greyish cinnamon on the head and wings, grading to dull mid brown on the outer parts of the wings, and pale buff or cinnamon on the breast and underparts. The tail is barred mid brown and white. Both adults and immatures have a yellow orbital eye ring. [3]

The chestnut-breasted cuckoo is slightly smaller than the similar brush cuckoo ( C. variolosus ) and fan-tailed cuckoo ( C. flabelliformis ), but the breast and underparts of the adult chestnut-breasted cuckoo is much darker. [3]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Cacomantis castaneiventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22683932A93008289. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683932A93008289.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  3. 1 2 Morcombe, Michael (2000). Field guide to Australian birds. Archerfield, Queensland: Steve Parish Publishing. pp. 192–193. ISBN   1-876282-10-X.