Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo
Cacomantis castaneiventris(Gould, J, 1867)
English (US) Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo
The Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo (Cacomantis castaneiventris) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cuculidae (Cuckoos) in the order Cuculiformes.
Range: New Guinea and northeastern Australia (Wet Tropics region, north-eastern Cape York Peninsula)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cacomantis castaneiventris
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1867)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cuculus (Cacomantis) castaneiventris
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1867)
- Type locality
- Cape York district, Queensland, Australia.
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.3, vol.20, no.118 p.269
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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