Avibase: Heteroscenes pallidus (Pallid Cuckoo)

Pallid Cuckoo

Heteroscenes pallidus (Latham, J 1801)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Pallid Cuckoo - Cacomantis pallidus	Marc Anderson	2017-10-11	Pitt Town Lagoon, New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia) (0 m)	male, song - Typical song	389392 xeno-canto.org
Pallid Cuckoo - Cacomantis pallidus	Peter Boesman	2023-10-29	Bendigo area, Victoria, Greater Bendigo - Pt B (Australia) (? m)	song - [sono]	859699 xeno-canto.org
Pallid Cuckoo - Cacomantis pallidus	Marc Anderson	2017-10-11	Pitt Town Lagoon, New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia) (0 m)	call, female, male, song - Various calls and male song as pair interacted	389394 xeno-canto.org
Pallid Cuckoo - Cacomantis pallidus	Marc Anderson	2021-10-07	Nombinnie Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Cobar (Australia) (160 m)	song - bird-seen:no	688026 xeno-canto.org
Pallid Cuckoo - Cacomantis pallidus	A Smith	2020-10-20	Callum Brae Nature Reserve, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Australian Capital Territory (excl. Jervis Bay) (Australia)	-	272809971 macaulaylibrary.org
Pallid Cuckoo - Cacomantis pallidus	Andrew Spencer	2016-01-06	Paddabilla Bore (aka Eulo Bore), Paroo, Queensland, Australia, Paroo (Australia)	- Songs from a bird perched on a wire along a road through open mulga woodland. Each cut is from closer than the last. The first cut is has two song types, the remainder only with one.	101486791 macaulaylibrary.org
Pallid Cuckoo - Cacomantis pallidus	Marc Anderson	2020-08-30	Paroo Darling National Park, New South Wales, Central Darling (Australia) (120 m)	song - bird-seen:no	597150 xeno-canto.org
Pallid Cuckoo - Cacomantis pallidus	Marc Anderson	2017-10-11	Pitt Town Lagoon, New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia) (0 m)	call, song - [sono]	389391 xeno-canto.org
Pallid Cuckoo - Cacomantis pallidus	Marc Anderson	2020-08-30	Paroo Darling National Park, New South Wales, Central Darling (Australia) (120 m)	song - bird-seen:no	597151 xeno-canto.org
Pallid Cuckoo - Cacomantis pallidus	Louis Masarei	2024-08-21	Mount Gibson Sanctuary, Western Australia, Yalgoo (Australia) (340 m)	song - [also] [sono]	929307 xeno-canto.org
Pallid Cuckoo - Cacomantis pallidus	Liam Manderson	2020-07-12	Nombinnie Nature Reserve (East)--The Old Wheat Paddock, Cobar, New South Wales, Australia, Cobar (Australia)	-	249362651 macaulaylibrary.org
Pallid Cuckoo - Cacomantis pallidus	Peter Boesman	2023-10-29	Bendigo area, Victoria, Greater Bendigo - Pt B (Australia) (? m)	song - [sono]	859700 xeno-canto.org
Pallid Cuckoo - Cacomantis pallidus	Marc Anderson	2016-09-06	Tibooburra, New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia) (180 m)	song - [sono]	335591 xeno-canto.org
Pallid Cuckoo - Cacomantis pallidus	Marc Anderson	2017-10-11	Pitt Town Lagoon, New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia) (0 m)	call, female - Hoarse whistles from female with a few piping whistles from male	389393 xeno-canto.org
Pallid Cuckoo - Heteroscenes pallidus	Jay McGowan	2025-11-05	, Ceduna (Australia)	-	647554498 macaulaylibrary.org
Pallid Cuckoo - Cacomantis pallidus	Marc Anderson	2017-10-11	Pitt Town Lagoon, New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia) (0 m)	male, song - Typical song	389397 xeno-canto.org
Pallid Cuckoo - Cacomantis pallidus	Peter Boesman	2023-10-29	, Greater Bendigo (Australia)	-	612783626 macaulaylibrary.org
Pallid Cuckoo - Cacomantis pallidus	Colin Trainor	28-10-2004	Lautem, Daudere, Lautem (Timor-Leste) (80 m)	Song (A) - Australian visitor; perhaps common in dry savanna in Oct-Nov	32576 xeno-canto.org
Pallid Cuckoo - Cacomantis pallidus	Greg McLachlan	2016-09-17	Nombinnie Nature Reserve, New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia) (160 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	336498 xeno-canto.org
Pallid Cuckoo - Cacomantis pallidus	Ramit Singal	2019-10-16	Latrobe, Latrobe Council, Tasmania, Latrobe - Pt B (Australia) (10 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	502717 xeno-canto.org
Pallid Cuckoo - Cacomantis pallidus	Ryu Callaway	2017-10-04	Rose Cottage Agistment (Symonston), Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Australian Capital Territory (excl. Jervis Bay) (Australia)	-	70841631 macaulaylibrary.org
Pallid Cuckoo - Cacomantis pallidus	Drew Davison	2020-07-22	Kalbarri, Shire of Northampton, Western Australia, Northampton (Australia) (30 m)	adult, male - Adult male Pallid Cuckoo calling from exposed branch near the top of a tree. Recording length modified, long gap of background noise removed between two calls. The two calls are audible in the recording. Clear weather, sunny, minimal (if any) cloud cover. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	582763 xeno-canto.org
Pallid Cuckoo - Cacomantis pallidus	Mark Harper	6-11-2009	South Bruny Island, TAS, Tasmania (Australia) (5 m)	Song (A) - Singing whilst being mobbed by a New Holland Honeyeater	40857 xeno-canto.org
Pallid Cuckoo - Cacomantis pallidus	Étienne Leroy	2025-10-25	Jerangle, Snowy Monaro Regional Council, New South Wales, Cooma-Monaro (Australia) (900 m)	song - [also] [sono]	1069924 xeno-canto.org

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