Brush cuckoo

Brush cuckoo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Cacomantis
Species: C. variolosus
Binomial name
Cacomantis variolosus
(Vigors & Horsfield, 1826)
Juvenile, SE Qld

The brush cuckoo (Cacomantis variolosus) is a member of the cuckoo family.

The brush cuckoo is native to the east coast of Australia and northern New Guinea. It is grey-brown with a buff breast and its call is very familiar of the Australian bush.

Media

Song Kobble Creek, SE Queensland, Australia

References

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