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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo* |
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Chrysococcyx russatus |
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Description (10)
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Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo
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Other Names (World)
Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo, Rufous Bronze-Cuckoo, Rufous-breasted Bronze-Cuckoo, Rufous-throated Bronze-Cuckoo
Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
Size
14 - 16 cm
First Described (Guide)
Gould, 1868
Derivation
Chr˙'-so-cocc'-yx - Gk, chrysos, golden; Gk, coccyx, cuckoo: rus-sa'-tus - L., reddened
Habitat
Dense vegetation, including mangroves, paperbark thickets, gallery forests, monsoon forests, often near watercourses.
Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines (B), Timor-Leste (B) (NB).
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Habits
Singly or in twos.
Food
Insects, including beetles, bugs and sawfly larvae.
Voice
A long, descending, rippling trill, loud, clear and ringing. Also a slower, descending, 'tiew-tiew...'.
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Nest
None. Egg(s) layed in domed nests, usually of Large-billed Gerygone (Gerygone magnirostris), White-throated Gerygone (Gerygone olivacea) and other gerygones.
Eggs (Guide)
1; glossy, buffy olive, minutely freckled with dark brown, more at the each end; elongated oval; 18 x 12 mm.
Young
Altricial, nidicolous.
Subspecies
BirdLife International retain Little Bronze-cuckoo (Chalcites minutillus) (Payne, 1997) and Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx russatus) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) as separate species contra Christidis and Boles (2008) who treat Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx russatus) as a subspecies of Little Bronze-cuckoo (Chalcites minutillus).
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
- russatus Gould, 1868 - North-eastern Qld from Cape York to Bowen. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Little Bronze-cuckoo (Chalcites minutillus).
- aheneus (Junge, 1938) - Eastern and northern Borneo, southern Sulu Archipelago and southern Philippines, Sulawesi, Madu and Flores. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Little Bronze-cuckoo (Chalcites minutillus).
- jungei (Stresemann, 1938) - Sulawesi, Madu and Flores. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Little Bronze-cuckoo (Chalcites minutillus).
- misoriensis (Salvadori, 1875) - Lowlands of New Guinea and associated offshore islands. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Little Bronze-cuckoo (Chalcites minutillus).
References
See References.
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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