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Species
Cacomantis castaneiventris Gould, 1867
Nomenclature
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Family: CuculidaeGenus: Cacomantis
Species:
Cacomantis castaneiventris Gould, 1867
Usage:
valid
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo
SUMMARY
Adult slate grey above, bright chesnut below, eye-ring yellow, iris brown. Bill black and yellow, feet yellow. Juvenile unbarred dark grey-brown above, tail with rufous outer edge, unbarred brown to buff below. Race arfakianus dark chesnut below, smaller, weiskei green-glosse blackish above, darker chesnut below, size as arfakianus. Voice: Loud 3-note mournful whistled ‘seei-toseei’, first note upslurred, second shorter, third upslurred and trilled, also a descending trill, and single whistling ‘chir-rip’.