Banded Bay Cuckoo

Cacomantis sonneratii

Photo by cskhaw
Air Itam dam, Penang, Malaysia, August 2005

Identification

24cm

• Bright reddish-brown or bay above with darker barring
• White line under eye
• Tail has a black band and white tip
• Iris yellow to brown
• Bill black

Distribution

Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, southwest China, Thailand and Indochina, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Palawan, Java, Bali.

Nominate subspecis
Photo by Alok Tewari
St Tal Forest, Alt. 5000 ft., Uttarakhand Himalayas, India, October-2018

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

There are 5 subspecies:

• C. s. waiti :

• Sri Lanka

• C. s. sonneratii:

• India to Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand and southern Indochina

• C. s. malayanus:

• Malay Peninsula

• C. s. fasciolatus:

• Sumatra, Borneo and Palawan (south-western Philippines)

• C. s. musicus:

• Java

Habitat

Forest edges, broadleaf evergreen forests, plantations and wooded areas.

Photo by Dr Manjeet Singh
F.R.I.M. , Sg BuloH, Selangor, Malaysia, January 2008

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes caterpillars and bugs.

Breeding

It is a brood parasite; the nestlings ejecting host eggs and chicks.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Answers.com
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Banded Bay Cuckoo. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Banded_Bay_Cuckoo

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