Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Banded Bay Cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii) - HBW 4, p. 559
French: Coucou de Sonnerat
German: Sonneratkuckuck
Spanish: Cuco Bayo
Other common names: Indian Banded Bay/Banded/Bay-banded Cuckoo
Taxonomy: Cuculus Sonneratii Latham, 1790, North Cachar Hills, India.
Sometimes placed in monotypic genus Penthoceryx; alternatively included in Cuculus by some authors. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- waiti (Stuart Baker, 1919) - Sri Lanka.
- sonneratii (Latham, 1790) - India and Nepal through Bangladesh and Myanmar to SW China, Thailand and Indochina.
- malayanus (Chasen & Kloss, 1931) - Peninsular Malaysia.
- waiti (Stuart Baker, 1919) - Sri Lanka.
- sonneratii (Latham, 1790) - India and Nepal through Bangladesh and Myanmar to SW China, Thailand and Indochina.
- malayanus (Chasen & Kloss, 1931) - Peninsular Malaysia.
- schlegeli (Junge, 1948) - Sumatra, Borneo and Palawan (SW Philippines).
- musicus (Ljungh, 1804) - Java.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird singing several times in a tree. Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp sonneratii)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 1 year ago 1 min 3.6 -
A bird in a dead tree, singing and then flying away Locality Doi Inthanon National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp sonneratii)
Josep del Hoyo 9 November 2004 4 years ago 39 sec 3.5 -
A bird singing in a tree and flying to a thin stem Locality Phan Thiet Road, Di Linh, Annam, Vietnam (ssp sonneratii)
Josep del Hoyo 15 April 2008 3 years ago 30 sec 3.4 -
A bird singing from a pine tree close to a road Locality Phan Thiet Road, Di Linh, Annam, Vietnam (ssp sonneratii)
Josep del Hoyo 15 April 2008 3 years ago 44 sec 3.3 -
A bird singing on a high tree Locality Berastagi, North Sumatra Region, Sumatra (Indonesia) (ssp schlegeli)
John Gregory 1999 4 years ago 21 sec 3.2 -
A bird landing on a branch, close to a pond and looking around. Locality Tmatboey, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia (ssp sonneratii)
Josep del Hoyo 7 March 2011 37 weeks ago 26 sec 3.2
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A bird perched and looking to one side.
Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp sonneratii)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 1 year ago 3.3 -
A bird calling from a leafy tree
Locality Doi Chiang Dao National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp sonneratii)
Ian Fulton 11 March 2007 2 years ago 3
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One bird singing. Locality Tmatboey, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia
(ssp sonneratii)
Josep del Hoyo 7 March 2011 37 weeks ago 4 -
Song. Locality Masai Rusa River, Asialog Forest Concession, Jambi Region, Sumatra (Indonesia)
Iwein Mauro 22 February 2003 2 years ago 4 -
Song Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand
AnteStrand 14 December 2009 1 year ago 3 -
Song. Locality Kandang River, Asialog Forest Concession, Jambi Region, Sumatra (Indonesia)
Iwein Mauro 4 March 2003 2 years ago 2 -
Song. Locality Kandang River, Asialog Forest Concession, Jambi Region, Sumatra (Indonesia)
Iwein Mauro 2 March 2003 2 years ago 2 -
Song. Locality Masai Rusa River, Asialog Forest Concession, Jambi Region, Sumatra (Indonesia)
Iwein Mauro 22 February 2003 2 years ago 0
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