Solomons Brush Cuckoo
Cacomantis addendus
A medium-sized cuckoo, with a warm buff to chestnut colored chest and belly. Gray eyering and heavily barred tail. Lack of a yellow eyering separates it from Fan-tailed Cuckoo (which is rare in the Solomons). Most frequently encountered by its song, a slow series of well spaced whistles, each lower than the last.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Cacomantis addendus
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae
- Genus
- Cacomantis
Photos
Distribution
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