---
title: "Sahul Brush Cuckoo"
description: "Cacomantis variolosus — Uccelli. The Sahul brush cuckoo (Cacomantis variolosus), formerly known as the brush cuckoo, is a member of the cuckoo family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/sahul-brush-cuckoo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sahul Brush Cuckoo

> Cacomantis variolosus — Uccelli. The Sahul brush cuckoo (Cacomantis variolosus), formerly known as the brush cuckoo,  is a member of the cuckoo family.

- Scientific name: *Cacomantis variolosus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 1048
- Wikidata: [Q769564](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q769564)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1832](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1832)

## Names

- en: Sahul Brush Cuckoo
- de: Buschkuckuck
- es: Cuco varioloso
- fr: Coucou des buissons
- pl: Kukułka płowa

## Countries with the most observations

AU (917), ID (53), PG (10), TL (8)

## Summary

The Sahul brush cuckoo (Cacomantis variolosus), 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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahul_brush_cuckoo

## Photo

![Sahul Brush Cuckoo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sahul-brush-cuckoo/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/334178712

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sahul-brush-cuckoo?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).