Cacomantis Cuckoos
Cacomantis
Cacomantis is a genus of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. The genus name is derived from the Greek kakos meaning evil or ill-boding and mantis for prophet and is derived from their association with "rains" being supposed to be predict ill fortune and bad weather. Most of them have a round nostril and are mainly in brown and gray colours. The tails are graduated and barred. The bars are transverse in sonneratii and oblique in all...
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 11 known species
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
speciesCacomantis flabelliformis
Plaintive Cuckoo
speciesCacomantis merulinus
Grey-bellied Cuckoo
speciesCacomantis passerinus
Sahul Brush Cuckoo
speciesCacomantis variolosus
Banded Bay Cuckoo
speciesCacomantis sonneratii
Sunda brush cuckoo
speciesCacomantis sepulcralis
Sulawesi Brush Cuckoo
speciesCacomantis virescens
Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo
speciesCacomantis castaneiventris
Moluccan Brush Cuckoo
speciesCacomantis aeruginosus
Solomons Brush Cuckoo
speciesCacomantis addendus
Manus Brush Cuckoo
speciesCacomantis blandus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1826.