{{short description|Species of bird}} {{speciesbox | image = | status = | status_system = | status_ref = | genus = Cacomantis | species = blandus | authority = Rothschild & Hartert, EJO, 1914 | synonyms = ''Cacomantis variolosus blandus'' }}
The '''Manus brush cuckoo''' ('''''Cacomantis blandus''''') is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found on the Ninigo and Admiralty Islands which lie to the north of New Guinea. The species was formerly considered as conspecific with the Sahul brush cuckoo (''Cacomantis variolosus'').
==Taxonomy== The Manus brush cuckoo was formally described in 1914 by the English zoologist Water Rothschild together with the German ornithologist Ernst Hartert under the binomial name ''Cacomantis blandus''. They specified the type location as the island of Manus in the Admiralty Islands.<ref>{{ cite journal | last1=Rothschild | first1=Walter | author1-link=Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild | last2=Hartert | first2=Ernst | author2-link=Ernst Hartert | year=1914 | title=The birds Of the Admiralty Islands, north of German New Guinea | journal=Novitates Zoologicae | volume=21 | issue=4 | pages=281-298 [290-291] | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2988436 }}</ref> The genus name is from the Ancient Greek κακομαντις (''kakomantis'') meaning "prophet of evil".<ref>{{ cite web | last=Jobling | first=James A. | title=Cacomantis | work=The Key to Scientific Names | url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/key-to-scientific-names/search?q=Cacomantis | publisher=Cornell Lab of Ornithology | access-date=2 September 2024 }}</ref> The specific epithet ''blandus'' is Latin meaning "flattering", "fawning", "alluring" or "agreeable".<ref>{{ cite web | last=Jobling | first=James A. | title=blandus | work=The Key to Scientific Names | url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/key-to-scientific-names/search?q=blandus | publisher=Cornell Lab of Ornithology | access-date=2 September 2024 }}</ref> This species was formerly considered a subspecies of the Sahul brush cuckoo (''Cacomantis variolosus''). It was elevated to species status based on the significant differences in morphology and vocalization.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1=Wu | first1=M.Y. | last2=Schodde | first2=R. | last3=Rheindt | first3=F.E. | date=2022 | title=Integrating voice and phenotype in a revision of the brush cuckoo ''Cacomantis variolosus'' (Aves: Cuculidae) complex | journal=Zootaxa | volume=5091 | issue=1 | pages=69-106 | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5091.1.3}}</ref><ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela C. Rasmussen | date=August 2024 | title=Turacos, bustards, cuckoos, mesites, sandgrouse | work=IOC World Bird List Version 14.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/bow/turacos/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=2 September 2024}}</ref> The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.<ref name=ioc/>
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Manus brush cuckoo Category:Birds of northern New Guinea Manus brush cuckoo
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