Birds · New here: first heard 19 Sept.
Brush Cuckoo
Cacomantis variolosus
First heard here 19 Sept · last heard today at 4:52am · 2 days in the last year · 4 detections on record
Hear it
A clear recording song, recorded in Australia
Étienne Leroy, xeno-canto, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Trimmed to 20 seconds.
Heard here by the park sensor, 84% match
Raw and a bit distant; the bird was somewhere in the park, not next to the microphone.
What to look for
The Sahul brush cuckoo, formerly known as the brush cuckoo, is a member of the cuckoo family. It is native to Malesia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and northern and eastern Australia. It is a grey-brown bird with a buff breast. Its call is a familiar sound of the Australian and Indonesian bush.
Read more on Wikipedia (Sahul brush cuckoo)
When it has been heard
Busiest day so far: Sunday 20 September, 3 detections between 4:50am and 4:52am.
| Day | Detections | First | Last | Peak confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Sept | 3 | 4:50am | 4:52am | 84% |
| 19 Sept | 1 | 4:28am | 4:28am | 84% |
Detections are automatic and can be wrong.