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Chestnut-breasted cuckoo

Cacomantis castaneiventris (Gould, 1867)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The chestnut-breasted cuckoo (Cacomantis castaneiventris) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh 30 g to 33.2 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Chestnut-breasted cuckoo (Cacomantis castaneiventris)
Photo: Aviceda · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the chestnut-breasted cuckoo

Weight
30 g – 33.2 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the chestnut-breasted cuckoo live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The chestnut-breasted cuckoo is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the chestnut-breasted cuckoo?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The chestnut-breasted cuckoo (Cacomantis castaneiventris) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.

It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

From the Wikipedia article “Chestnut-breasted cuckoo” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chestnut-breasted_cuckoo&oldid=1379733775), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the chestnut-breasted cuckoo endangered?

The chestnut-breasted cuckoo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the chestnut-breasted cuckoo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCuculiformes
  5. familyCuculidae
  6. genusCacomantis
  7. SpeciesCacomantis castaneiventris (Gould, 1867)

Synonyms Cacomantis castaneiventris arfakianus, Cacomantis castaneiventris weiskei, Cacomantis casteneiventris, Cuculus castaneiventris

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • وقواق كستنائي الصدرArabic
  • cucut de ventre castanyCatalan
  • kukačka hnědobřicháCzech
  • cog frongoch PapwaWelsh
  • KastanjegøgDanish
  • RotbauchkuckuckGerman
  • RostbauchkuckuckGerman
  • rufbrusta veprokukoloEsperanto
  • Cuco ventricastañoSpanish
  • paapua tüüdukäguEstonian
  • papuankäkiFinnish
  • Coucou à poitrine rousseFrench
  • kestenjastotrba kukavicaCroatian
  • Wiwik dada-coklatIndonesian
  • Cuculo pettocastanoItalian
  • クリハラヒメカッコウJapanese
  • rudakrūtė šeriuotoji gegutėLithuanian
  • RoestbuikkoekoekDutch
  • RoestbuikstruikkoekoekDutch
  • kastanjebrystgjøkNorwegian
  • kukułka kasztanowobrzuchaPolish
  • cuco-de-peito-castanhoPortuguese
  • cuco-de-peito-de-castanhoPortuguese
  • Каштановая кукушкаRussian
  • Рыжебрюхая щетинистая кукушкаRussian
  • kukučka hnedobrucháSlovak
  • Smeđogruda kukavicaSerbian
  • papuabuskgökSwedish
  • Kestane göğüslü gugukTurkish
  • Kestane Karınlı GugukTurkish
  • кукавка рудочереваUkrainian
  • 栗胸杜鹃Chinese
  • 栗胸叢杜鵑Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the chestnut-breasted cuckoo

Other species in the same genus Cacomantis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the chestnut-breasted cuckoo?

An adult chestnut-breasted cuckoo weighs 30 g – 33.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the chestnut-breasted cuckoo live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the chestnut-breasted cuckoo for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the chestnut-breasted cuckoo endangered?

The chestnut-breasted cuckoo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the chestnut-breasted cuckoo?

The chestnut-breasted cuckoo (Cacomantis castaneiventris) belongs to the family Cuculidae in the order Cuculiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{chestnut_breasted_cuckoo_2026,
  title = {Chestnut-breasted cuckoo (Cacomantis castaneiventris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chestnut-breasted-cuckoo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}