Cacomantis Muller 1843 (cuckoo)

Aves - Cuculiformes - Cuculidae

Parent taxon: Cuculidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Worthy and Burley 2019

Sister taxa: Centropodinae, Centropus, Chrysococcyx, Coccyzus, Coua, Crotophaga, Crotophaginae, Cuculinae, Cuculus, Dromococcyx, Dynamopteryx, Eocuculus, Eudynamys, Eutreptodactylus, Geococcyx, Morococcyx, Nannococcyx, Necrornis, Neococcyx, Neomorphinae, Phaenicophacinae, Procuculus, Thomasococcyx, Urodynamis, Veflintornis

Subtaxa: Cacomantis flabelliformis Cacomantis variolosus

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Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of New Caledonia (2 collections), Papua New Guinea (1), Tonga (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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