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Pied Bronze-Cuckoo

Chalcites crassirostris (Salvadori, AT 1878)

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




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Classification
Order:
  Cuculiformes
Family:
  Cuculidae
Genus:
   Chalcites
Scientific:
  Chalcites crassirostris

Original description

Citation:
  (Salvadori, AT 1878)

Reference:
   Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 13 p.460

Protonym:
  Lamprococcyx crassirostris

Type locality:
  Kei Islands, Goram, Amboina, Halmahera, Ternate, New Guinea; type from Tual, Little Kei Island.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105795#page/468/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  8AA216579C29EA16

Avibase ID:
  avibase-8AA21657

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/8AA21657

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554702

Geographic range:

  • Chalcites crassirostris crassirostris: Moluccas (Tayandu and Kai islands) and Tanimbar Islands (Yamdena and Larat)
  • Chalcites crassirostris salvadorii: known from one specimen and recent records from Babar Islands
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Pied Bronze-Cuckoo
Catalan:
Cucut bronzat garser
Czech:
kukacka kaštanová
Danish:
Molukbronzegøg
German:
Dunkler Bronzekuckuck
Spanish:
Cuclillo pío
Finnish:
molukkienpronssikäki
French:
Coucou de Salvadori
Italian:
Cuculo bronzato delle Molucche
Japanese (romaji):
morukkaterikakkou
Japanese:
モルッカテリカッコウ
Dutch:
Kaibronskoekoek
Polish:
kukuleczka srokata
Slovak:
kukučka strakatá
Swedish:
Moluckglansgök

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Pied Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Pied Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Pied Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Pied Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Pied Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Pied Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Pied Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Pied Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Pied Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Pied Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Pied Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Coucou de Salvadori ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Coucou de Salvadori ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Island Cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris)
Clements 3rd edition:
Island Cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Pied Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Little Bronze-Cuckoo (Pied) ( Chrysococcyx minutillus crassirostris/salvadorii) [version 3]
eBird version 2016:
Little Bronze-Cuckoo (Pied) ( Chrysococcyx minutillus crassirostris/salvadorii) [version 3]
eBird version 2017:
Little Bronze-Cuckoo (Pied) ( Chrysococcyx minutillus crassirostris/salvadorii) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Pied Bronze Cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 6]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Pied Bronze Cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 6]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Pied Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Pied Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Pied Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Pied Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Pied Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Pied Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Pied Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Pied Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Pied Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 4]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Pied Bronze Cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Pied Bronze Cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Pied Bronze-cuckoo ( Chalcites crassirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Pied Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Pied Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Pied Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Pied Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Pied Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Chalcites crassirostris [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Pied Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Pied Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Pied Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx crassirostris) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Chalcites [minutillus, russatus, rufomerus or crassirostris] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8 

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Other related concepts

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Bengali: ঩াকড়া তাভা঩াচ঩য়া , ঩াকযা তাভা঩াচ঩য়া
Bengali (transliteration): pākarā tāmāpāpiẏā, pākaṛā tāmāpāpiẏā
Catalan: Cucut bronzat garser
Czech: Kukacka kaštanová
Danish: Molukbronzegøg
German: Dickschnabelbronzekuckuck, Dickschnabel-Bronzekuckuck, Dunkler Bronzekuckuck
English: Island Bronze-Cuckoo, Island Cuckoo, Little Bronze-Cuckoo (Pied), Moluccan Bronze Cuckoo, Moluccan Bronze-Cuckoo, Pied Bronze Cuckoo, Pied Bronze-Cuckoo
Spanish: Cuclillo Bronceado de las Molucas, Cuclillo pío
Spanish (Spain): Cuclillo Menudo (crassirostris/salvadorii)
Estonian: maluku pronkskägu
Finnish: Molukkienpronssikäki
French: Coucou de Salvadori, Coucou menu (de Salvadori), Coucou menu [crassirostris ou salvadorii], Coucou noir et blanc
Indonesian: Kedasi Belang
Italian: Cuculo bronzato delle Molucche, Cuculo bronzeo bianconero
Japanese (romaji): akameterikakkou (crassirostris/salvadorii), morukkaterikakkou
Japanese: アカメテリカッコウ (crassirostris/salvadorii), モルッカテリカッコウ
Scientific: Chalchites crassirostris, Chalcites crassirostris, Chalcites crassirostris crassirostris, Chalcites malayanus crassirostris, Chrysococcyx crassirostris, Chrysococcyx crassirostris crassirostris, Chrysococcyx minutillus crassirostris, Chrysococcyx minutillus crassirostris/salvadorii, Lamprococcyx crassirostris
Dutch: Kaibronskoekoek, Kleine Bronskoekoek crassirostris/salvadorii)
Norwegian: pygmégjøk (crassirostris/salvadorii)
Polish: kukuleczka srokata, kukułeczka srokata
Slovak: kukučka strakatá
Swedish: mindre glansgök (crassirostris/salvadorii), Moluckglansgök

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