Listen to the Banded bay cuckoo
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About the Banded bay cuckoo
The Banded bay cuckoo is a bird in the family Cuculidae (order Cuculiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Banded bay cuckoo sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as cacomantis sonneratii. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The banded bay cuckoo or bay-banded cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii) is a species of small cuckoo found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Like others in the genus they have round nostrils. They are usually founded in well-wooded areas mainly in the lower hills. Males sing from exposed branches during the breeding season, which can vary with region. They are distinctive both in their calls as well as plumage with a white eyebrowed appearance and the rufous upperparts with regular dark bands and the whitish underside with fine striations.
Related birds in the genus Cacomantis
More from the family Cuculidae
Common cuckoo
Cuculus canorus
Great spotted cuckoo
Clamator glandarius
Greater coucal
Centropus sinensis
Common hawk-cuckoo
Hierococcyx varius
Yellow-billed cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Indian cuckoo
Cuculus micropterus
Lesser coucal
Centropus bengalensis
Guira cuckoo
Guira guira
Sirkeer malkoha
Taccocua leschenaultii
Large hawk-cuckoo
Hierococcyx sparverioides
African cuckoo
Cuculus gularis
Frequently asked questions
What does a Banded bay cuckoo sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Banded bay cuckoo on this page, including its cacomantis sonneratii. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Banded bay cuckoo endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Banded bay cuckoo as “least concern”.
What family does the Banded bay cuckoo belong to?
The Banded bay cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii) belongs to the family Cuculidae in the order Cuculiformes.
Sources & credits
- Cacomantis sonneratii by L. Shyamal – CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q863195 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Banded bay cuckoo – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Tisha Mukherjee – CC BY-SA 4.0