Cuculus optatus, Gould, 1845
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https://doi.org/ 10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11645987 |
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Cuculus optatus |
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*ORIENTAL / HIMALAYAN CUCKOO Cuculus optatus View in CoL / C. saturatus
Range Biak, Yapen.
Taxonomy Recognition of three species-level forms in this lineage, of which these two have been recorded in the New Guinea region, represents a problem for birders in that they are virtually impossible to identify in the field unless heard calling or examined in the hand (Beehler & Pratt 2016). Consequently, the taxon recorded on Biak cannot be identified with certainty, although C. saturatus is only a vagrant to New Guinea, whereas C. optatus is a fairly common non-breeding visitor and thus more likely to be the species involved (Beehler & Pratt 2016).
Status Palearctic migrant. First recorded February 1990 near Warafri ( Gibbs 1993) and thereafter on just a few occasions. 26 February 1992: near Bosnick ( KDB); 21‒23 September 1995: unstated locality ( Myers 1997); 26‒27 March 2008: forest near airport (Brickle & Wilson 2008); 1 November 2017: Warafri (G. Poisson, eBird checklist S40240162). 13 January 1994: recorded on Owi (P. Gregory in litt. 2000).
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