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Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo
Chalcites basalis(Horsfield, 1821)
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At a glance
The Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo is a small bird, about 16 cm long, listed as Least Concern. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 16 cm
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
- Origin
- Breeding Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Endemic
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo look like?
The Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo is a small bird, about 16 cm long and weighing 17–32 g.
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo is a small cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. Its size averages 22 g (0.78 oz) and is distinguished by its green and bronze iridescent colouring on its back and incomplete brown barring from neck to tail. Horsfield's bronze cuckoo can be distinguished from other bronze cuckoos by its white eyebrow and brown eye stripe. The Horsfield's bronze cuckoo is common throughout Australia preferring the drier open woodlands away from forested areas. This species was formerly placed in the genus Chrysococcyx.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo?
The Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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04 · Voice
What it sounds like
Call
jimchurches · Woodstock, Remainder of ACT, AU-CT, AU
Call
jimchurches · Woodstock, Remainder of ACT, AU-CT, AU
Call
jimchurches · Nabiac NSW 2312, Australia
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Will Cornwell · Bungwahl NSW 2423, Australia
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo eat?
The Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo feeds on terrestrial invertebrates, usually foraging in pairs or alone.
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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