Sulawesi Brush Cuckoo

Sulawesi Brush Cuckoo belongs to cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The Sulawesi brush cuckoo was formally described in 1876 by the German zoologist Friedrich Brüggemann under the binomial name Cuculus virescens. He specified the locality as Celebes (now Sulawesi). The specific epithet is Latin meaning "greenish". (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is found on Sulawesi and some surrounding islands: Banggai Islands, Sula Islands, Butung Island and the Tukangbesi Islands. It is now placed in the genus Cacomantis that was introduced in 1843 by the German naturalist Salomon Müller. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek κακομαντις (kakomantis) meaning "prophet of evil". The Sulawesi brush cuckoo was formerly treated as a subspecies of the Sunda brush cuckoo (Cacomantis sepulcralis). (Wikipedia, general species account).