Sunda Brush Cuckoo

Sunda Brush Cuckoo

Scientific Name: Cacomantis sepulcralis

Malay Name: Matinak Dada Jingga Biasa

Chinese Name: 锈胸杜鹃

Range: Resident in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Greater and Lesser Sundas, and southwestern Philippines.

Taxonomy: Polytypic. Subspecies are: sepulcralis, everetti.

Local Subspecies: sepulcralis

Size: 21.5-24 cm

Identification: Adult has greyish head, greyish brown upperparts, peachy-rufous throat and rest of underparts and yellowish eyering. Juvenile has rufescent upperparts with blackish bars, whitish underparts with blackish barrings and yellowish eyering. Female can also occur in a rare hepatic form which resembles juvenile.

Similar looking species: Banded Bay Cuckoo, Plaintive Cuckoo

Habitat: Forest, forest edge, mangroves, parks and gardens.

Behaviour/Ecology: Known to brood parasite on Malaysian Pied Fantail in Singapore.

Local Status: Uncommon resident

Location: Central Catchment Forest, Dairy Farm Nature Park, Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, former Bidadari Cemetery, Lorong Halus, Jurong Eco Garden, Pasir Ris Park, Neo Tiew Lane 2, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Tuas South and Pulau Ubin.

Featured articles:

Adult Sunda Brush Cuckoo at Tuas South. Photo Credit: See Toh Yew Wai
Juvenile Sunda Brush Cuckoo at Tuas South. Photo Credit: See Toh Yew Wai
Adult Sunda Brush Cuckoo at Tuas South. Photo Credit: See Toh Yew Wai
Sunda Brush Cuckoo at Neo Tiew Lane 2. Photo Credit: Francis Yap
Juvenile Sunda Brush Cuckoo at Lorong Halus. Photo Credit: Francis Yap
External Links:

Sound Recordings: xeno-canto Link

Wikipedia Entry: Wikipedia Link

eBird Species page: eBird (Brush Cuckoo)

References:

Robson, C. (2014). Field guide to the birds of South-East Asia (Second Edition). Bloomsbury Publishing, London.

RECOMMENDED CITATION

Bird Society of Singapore. (n.d.). Sunda Brush Cuckoo. Retrieved on November 1, 2024 from https://singaporebirds.com/species/sunda-brush-cuckoo.

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