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Shining Bronze Cuckoo
Chalcites lucidus(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Also known asPipiwharauroa
Least ConcernNative
- Conservation
- Least Concern
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The shining bronze cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae, found in Australia, Indonesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. It was formerly placed in the genus Chrysococcyx.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- West, north-central, east and south-east Australia, Solomon Is., Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and New Zealand region including Chatham Is. (east of North I.)
- Non-breeding range
- To Lesser Sundas, New Guinea region, Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is.
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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