Cacomantis variolosus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)

Bishop, K. David, 2023, The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 143 (1), pp. 3-62 : 28

BRUSH CUCKOO Cacomantis variolosus #

Local name Man Womofèr (Sansundi).

Range C. v. infaustus Biak, Supiori, Owi, Numfor, Yapen. No records from Mios Num.

Taxonomy Beehler & Pratt (2016) did not recognise C. v. chivae which formerly was regarded as a subspecies endemic to Biak ( Mayr & Meyer de Schauensee 1939).

Status Resident. Widespread and generally common in selectively logged forest, secondary woodland and primary forest edge. KDB found it to c. 305 m on Supiori. February 1991: recorded on Owi ( Gibbs 1993), where seen again on 13 January 1994 (P. Gregory in litt. 2000).