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Little, Pied, Gould's or Green-cheeked Bronze-Cuckoo

Chalcites [minutillus, russatus, rufomerus or crassirostris] (= Chalcites minutillus) Gould, J 1859

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 minutillus

Original description

Citation:
  Gould, J 1859

Reference:
   Proc. Zool. Soc. London Part 27(1) p.128

Protonym:
  Chrysococcyx minutillus

Type locality:
  Port Essington, Northern Territory.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32274534

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  9C8CCBA3BD4C2CC8

Avibase ID:
  avibase-9C8CCBA3

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/9C8CCBA3

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554699

Geographic range:

  • Chalcites [minutillus, russatus or rufomerus, incl. salvadorii]: southeastern Asia to Philippines, Lesser Sundas, and northern and eastern Australia
  • Chalcites minutillus minutillus: Moluccas, Lesser Sundas, and northern Australia including Melville Island
  • Chalcites minutillus peninsularis: far southern Thailand and Malay Peninsula
  • Chalcites minutillus albifrons: northern Sumatra and western Java
  • Chalcites minutillus aheneus: southeastern Borneo and southern Philippines
  • Chalcites minutillus cleis: northern and eastern Borneo
  • Chalcites minutillus jungei: Sulawesi, Banggai Islands (off eastern Sulawesi), Madu Island (southeast of Sulawesi), and Flores to Alor (central Lesser Sundas); populations on Timor and Wetar may represent an undescribed taxon
  • Chalcites minutillus misoriensis: lowlands of coastal northern New Guinea and adjacent islands
  • Chalcites minutillus barnardi: eastern Australia (southeastern Queensland to northeastern New South Wales)
  • Chalcites minutillus poecilurus: lowlands of coastal southern New Guinea and adjacent islands
  • Chalcites russatus: northeastern Australia (northern and eastern Queensland)
  • Chalcites rufomerus: Lesser Sundas (Romang, Kisar, Leti, Moa, Sermata, and Damar)
  • 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
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Little, Pied, Gould's or Green-cheeked Bronze-Cuckoo
French:
Coucou menu, C. roussâtre, C. à joues vertes ou C. de Salvadori

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Little, Pied, Gould's or Green-cheeked Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites [minutillus, russatus, rufomerus or crassirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Little, Pied, Gould's or Green-cheeked Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx [minutillus, russatus, rufomerus or crassirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Little, Pied, Gould's or Green-cheeked Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx [minutillus, russatus, rufomerus or crassirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Little, Pied, Gould's or Green-cheeked Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx [minutillus or crassirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Little, Pied, Gould's or Green-cheeked Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx [minutillus or crassirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Little, Pied, Gould's or Green-cheeked Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites [minutillus, russatus, rufomerus or crassirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Little, Pied, Gould's or Green-cheeked Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites [minutillus, russatus, rufomerus or crassirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Little, Pied, Gould's or Green-cheeked Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites [minutillus, russatus, rufomerus or crassirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Little, Pied, Gould's or Green-cheeked Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites [minutillus, russatus, rufomerus or crassirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Little, Pied, Gould's or Green-cheeked Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites [minutillus, russatus, rufomerus or crassirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Little, Pied, Gould's or Green-cheeked Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx [minutillus, russatus, rufomerus or crassirostris])
Clements, version 2021:
Little Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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eBird version 1.50:
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Catalan: Cucut bronzat menut
Czech: Kukacka kaštanová, kukačka trpasličí
Danish: Lille Bronzegøg, Molukbronzegøg
German: Dickschnabel-Bronzekuckuck, Grünscheitel-Bronzekuckuck, Kleiner Bronzekuckuck
English: Island Cuckoo, Little Bronze Cuckoo, Little Bronze-Cuckoo, Little, Pied, Gould's or Green-cheeked Bronze-Cuckoo, Malay Bronze Cockoo, Pied Bronze Cuckoo
English, HBW: Little/Pied Bronze-cuckoo
English (IOC): Little Bronze Cuckoo
English (United States): Little Bronze-Cuckoo
Spanish: Cuclillo Menudo
Spanish (Spain): Cuclillo Menudo
Spanish (HBW): Little Bronze-Cuckoo
Estonian: väike-pronkskägu
Finnish: Pikkupronssikäki
French: Coucou menu, Coucou menu ou C. de Salvadori, Coucou menu, C. roussâtre, C. à joues vertes ou C. de Salvadori
Croatian: zelenokapa kukavica
Hungarian: kis rézkakukk
Indonesian: Kedasi Belang, Kedasi Laut
Italian: Cuculo bronzato minore, Cuculo bronzeo minore
Japanese (romaji): akameterikakkou, morukkaterikakkou
Japanese: アカメテリカッコウ, モルッカテリカッコウ
Japanese (Kanji): 照り郭公
Scientific: Chalcites [minutillus or crassirostris], Chalcites [minutillus, russatus, rufomerus or crassirostris], Chalcites crassirostris crassirostris, Chalcites minutillus, Chalcites minutillus minutillus, Chrysococcyx [minutillus or crassirostris], Chrysococcyx [minutillus, russatus, rufomerus or crassirostris], Chrysococcyx crassirostris, Chrysococcyx minutillus, Chrysococcyx minutillus minutillus, Lamprococcyx crassirostris
Lithuanian: Mažoji bronzinė gegutė
Malay: Sewah Daun
Dutch: Kaibronskoekoek, Kleine Bronskoekoek
Norwegian Nynorsk: Pygmégauk
Norwegian: Pygmégjøk
Polish: Kukułeczka srokata, kukuleczka zielonoglowa, kukułeczka zielonogłowa
Pinyin: xiǎo jīn-juān
Portuguese: cuco-miúdo
Portuguese (Portugal): cuco-bronzeado-pequeno
Russian: Карликовая кукушка, Малайзийская бронзовая кукушка, Малая бронзовая кукушка
Slovak: kukucka strakatá, kukucka zelenohlavá, kukučka zelenohlavá
Serbian: Mala bronzana kukavica
Swedish: Mindre glansgök
Thai: นกคัคคูสีทองแดง , นกคัคคูสีทองแดง
Thai (Transliteration): nók kʰák-kʰuu sĭi-tʰoaaŋ-daeeŋ
Turkish: Küçük zümrüt guguğu
Ukrainian: Дідрик зеленоголовий
Vietnamese: Chim Tìm vịt trán trắng
Chinese: 棕胸金鹃
Chinese (Traditional): 棕胸金鵑〔小金鵑〕

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