Cuculus mindanensis Linnæus, Syst. Nat. ed. 12, (1766), 1, 169.
Eudynamis mindanensis Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 19,
321; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 165; McGregor and Worcester,
Hand-List (1906), 63.
Ba-haó, Ticao; cu-aó, Masbate; pa-haó, Cagayancillo; bau-baó,
Cuyo; cu-aoó, Calayan.
Apo (Celestino); Bantayan (McGregor); Basilan (Everett, Steere
Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Bohol (McGregor); Bongao
(Everett); Cagayancillo (McGregor); Calayan (McGregor); Caluya
(Porter); Camiguin N. (McGregor); Cebu (Bourns & Worcester); Cuyo
(McGregor); Fuga (McGregor); Guimaras (Meyer); Leyte (Whitehead);
Luzon (Everett, Whitehead); Malanipa (Murray); Marinduque (Steere
Exp.); Masbate (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Mindanao (Everett,
Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino, Goodfellow); Mindoro
(Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor, Porter);
Negros (Steere, Bourns & Worcester, Keay); Palawan (Platen,
Whitehead, Steere Exp.); Panay (Bourns & Worcester); Romblon
(Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Samar (Steere Exp.); Semirara
(McGregor & Worcester); Sibutu (Everett); Sibuyan (Bourns &
Worcester, McGregor); Siquijor (Bourns & Worcester, Celestino);
Sulu (Platen, Bourns & Worcester); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester);
Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor). Sangi Islands.
"Adult male.--Similar in plumage to E. honorata. 'Bill grayish green;
legs dark lead-gray; claws black; iris crimson.' (Everett.) Length,
373; culmen, 30; wing, 188; tail, 193; tarsus, 33.
"Adult female.--Similar in plumage to E. honorata but with the entire
upper half of the head rufous, streaked or mottled with black; bars on
the chest, abdomen, and under tail-coverts slightly narrower. 'Bill
pale green, deep orange at base; legs yellow, tinged green on the
tarsus; nails gray; iris chrome-yellow.' (Everett.) Length, 368;
culmen, 32; wing, 19; tail, 19; tarsus, 33." (Shelley.)
"A very common bird throughout the islands, especially abundant in
mangrove swamps and in second growth. Called 'bahów' by the natives
from its note. Frequently heard crying at dead of night. Five males
average, 386 in length; wing, 189; tail, 185; culmen, 28; tarsus,
32; middle toe with claw, 46. Two females, length, 362; wing, 183;
tail, 176; culmen, 28; tarsus, 29; middle toe with claw, 37. Eyes red;
legs and feet leaden gray to nearly black; bill pale greenish. Food
usually insects, but in one case fruit." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)