Rusty-breasted Cuckoo

Scientific Name: Cacomantis sepulcralis
Malay Name: Matinak Dada Jingga Asia
Chinese Name: 锈胸杜鹃

Found from the Thai-Malay Peninsula to Greater and Lesser Sundas, Sulawesi and south-western Philippines

Polytypic. Subspecies are: sepulcralis, everetti, virescens

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: Plaintive Cuckoo, Banded Bay Cuckoo


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

Local Status: Uncommon resident

Conservation Status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

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.


External Links:
Photos: Oriental Bird Images
Sound Recordings: xeno-canto Link
Wikipedia Entry: Wikipedia Link
