Sahul Brush Cuckoo
Cacomantis variolosus
Taxonomy
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae
- Genus
- Cacomantis
Vocalizations
Subspecies (8)
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Cacomantis variolosus fortior
D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago (off southeastern New Guinea)
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Cacomantis variolosus infaustus
New Guinea and most satellite islands
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Cacomantis variolosus macrocercus
New Ireland and Tabar, and New Britain (eastern Bismarck Archipelago)
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Cacomantis variolosus major
northern Moluccas (Morotai to Obi)
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Cacomantis variolosus obscuratus
Numfor (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)
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Cacomantis variolosus tymbonomus
eastern Lesser Sundas (Timor, and possibly eastward to Tanimbar Islands)
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Cacomantis variolosus variolosus
breeds northern and eastern Australia (Kimberly to Cape York Peninsula to southern Victoria); winters to Moluccas and New Guinea
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Cacomantis variolosus websteri
New Hanover (northeastern Bismarck Archipelago)
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.