The little bronze cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Southeast Asia, New Guinea and northern and eastern Australia, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is the world's smallest cuckoo, at 17 grams (0.60 oz) and 15 cm (6 in). The subspecies rufomerus and crassirostris are sometimes given specific status. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Gould, J 1859
Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London
pt.27, no.1 p.128
Imprint year:
1859
Protonym:
Chrysococcyx minutillus
Type locality:
Port Essington, Northern Territory.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/156166#page/184/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
28101531003249BC
Avibase ID:
avibase-28101531
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/28101531
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554699
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Little, Green-cheeked or Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites [minutillus, russatus or rufomerus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Little, Green-cheeked or Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx [minutillus, russatus or rufomerus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Little, Green-cheeked or Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx [minutillus, russatus or rufomerus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Little, Green-cheeked or Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx [minutillus or rufomerus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Little, Green-cheeked or Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx [minutillus or rufomerus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Little, Green-cheeked or Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites [minutillus, russatus or rufomerus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Little, Green-cheeked or Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites [minutillus, russatus or rufomerus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Little, Green-cheeked or Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites [minutillus, russatus or rufomerus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Little, Green-cheeked or Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites [minutillus, russatus or rufomerus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Little, Green-cheeked or Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites [minutillus, russatus or rufomerus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Little, Green-cheeked or Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx [minutillus, russatus or rufomerus]) |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Little Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Little Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Little Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Little Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Little Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Little Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Little Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Little Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Little Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Little Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Little Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Little Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Little Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Malay Bronze Cuckoo ( Chalcites malayanus) |
Clements 3rd edition: Little Bronze Cuckoo ( Chalcites malayanus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Little Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 4] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Little Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 4] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Little Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 4] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Little Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 4] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Little Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 4] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Little Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 4] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Little Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 4] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Little Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 4] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Little Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 4] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Little Bronze Cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Little Bronze Cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Little Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Little Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Little Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Little Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Little Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Little Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Little Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Little Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Chalcites malayanus [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Chalcites malayanus |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Chalcites malayanus |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species group (sometimes a species)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Chalcites [minutillus, russatus, rufomerus or crassirostris]
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