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Sahul Brush Cuckoo

Cacomantis variolosus

Sahul Brush Cuckoo CHURRRT Strongly supported

Putative nocturnal call type

Tremulous wavering call, even pitch throughout, focused in a narrow band on 3kHz. This is the CHRRRT call of HANZAB.

Evidence for identification

Close match to recordings in the Stewart app, and description in HANZAB. Still need to make comparison image.

Confidence statement

High confidence given close call match.

Similar species / confusion risks

Other cuckoos.

Project detections: 5 annotations; 3 nights; recorded in March, October, November; most recent detection 29 Mar 2026.

Project clips

Sahul Brush Cuckoo CHURRRT

Carindale (-27.52, 153.11), 29 Mar 2026, 23:53:46, Annotation 4581, Annotator: Richard Fuller, Clip manually edited for clarity

Sahul Brush Cuckoo CHURRRT

Carindale (-27.52, 153.11), 02 Oct 2021, 01:59:49, Annotation 2472, Annotator: Richard Fuller, Automated light denoise applied

Sahul Brush Cuckoo CHURRRT

Carindale (-27.52, 153.11), 02 Oct 2021, 02:00:24, Annotation 2478, Annotator: Richard Fuller, Automated light denoise applied