The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy Author Bishop, K. David text Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 2023 2023-03-06 143 1 3 62 journal article 298463 10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2 6028cf6b-e944-40d1-b774-7caa1c970409 2513-9894 11642130 805136AB-F3FE-4C77-85AC-E37423156B6D BRUSH CUCKOO Cacomantis variolosus # Local name Man Womofèr (Sansundi). Range C. v. infaustus Biak, Supiori, Owi, Numfor, Yapen. No records from Mios Num. Taxonomy Beehler & Pratt (2016) did not recognise C. v. chivae which formerly was regarded as a subspecies endemic to Biak ( Mayr & Meyer de Schauensee 1939 ). Status Resident. Widespread and generally common in selectively logged forest, secondary woodland and primary forest edge. KDB found it to c. 305 m on Supiori. February 1991 : recorded on Owi ( Gibbs 1993 ), where seen again on 13 January 1994 ( P. Gregory in litt . 2000).