Chalcites [minutillus, russatus or rufomerus, incl. salvadorii] (Little, Green-cheeked or Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo [incl. salvadorii])

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Little, Green-cheeked or Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo [incl. salvadorii]

Chalcites [minutillus, russatus or rufomerus, incl. salvadorii] (= Chalcites minutillus) Gould, J 1859

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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 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 identifiers

Avibase ID:
BEE36B49D32563E9

Avibase ID:
avibase-BEE36B49

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/BEE36B49

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554699

English:
Little, Green-cheeked or Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo [incl. salvadorii]
French:
Coucou menu, C. roussâtre ou C. à joues vertes [incl. salvadorii]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Little, Green-cheeked or Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo [incl. salvadorii] ( Chalcites [minutillus, russatus or rufomerus, incl. salvadorii])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Little, Green-cheeked or Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo [incl. salvadorii] ( Chrysococcyx [minutillus, russatus or rufomerus, incl. salvadorii])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Little, Green-cheeked or Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo [incl. salvadorii] ( Chalcites [minutillus, russatus or rufomerus, incl. salvadorii])
Avilist 2025: Little Bronze Cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 7]
Clements, version 2024: Little Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 7]
Clements, version 2025: Little Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 7]
eBird version 2024: Little Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 8]
eBird version 2025: Little Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 8]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Little Bronze Cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 7]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Little Bronze Cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 7]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Chalcites [minutillus, russatus, rufomerus or crassirostris]

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Afrikaans: Kleinbronskoekoek
Bulgarian: Малка бронзова кукувица
Catalan: cucut bronzat menut
Czech: kukačka trpasličí
Danish: Lille Bronzegøg
German: Grünscheitel-Bronzekuckuck
English: Little Bronze Cuckoo, Little Bronze-Cuckoo, Little, Green-cheeked or Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo [incl. salvadorii]
[ENAV]: Little Bronze-Cuckoo
English, HBW: Little Bronze-cuckoo
English (IOC): Little Bronze Cuckoo
English (United States): Little Bronze-Cuckoo
Esperanto: pigmea kukolo
Spanish: Cuclillo menudo
Spanish (Spain): Cuclillo menudo
Estonian: väike-pronkskägu
Finnish: pikkupronssikäki
French: Coucou menu, Coucou menu, C. roussâtre ou C. à joues vertes [incl. salvadorii]
Croatian: zelenokapa kukavica
Hungarian: kis rézkakukk
Indonesian: Kedasi laut
Italian: Cuculo bronzeo minore
Japanese: アカメテリカッコウ
Scientific: Chalcites [minutillus, russatus or rufomerus, incl. salvadorii], Chalcites minutillus, Chrysococcyx [minutillus, russatus or rufomerus, incl. salvadorii], Chrysococcyx minutillus
Lithuanian: mažoji bronzinė gegutė
Malay: Sewah-Daun Biasa
Dutch: Kleine Bronskoekoek
Norwegian: pygmégjøk
Polish: kukułeczka zielonogłowa
Portuguese: cuco-miúdo
Portuguese (Portugal): cuco-bronzeado-pequeno
Russian: Карликовая кукушка
Slovak: kukučka zelenohlavá
Serbian: Mala bronzana kukavica
Swedish: mindre glansgök
Thai: นกคัคคูสีทองแดง
Turkish: Küçük Zümrüt Guguğu
Ukrainian: дідрик зеленоголовий
Chinese: 棕胸金鹃
Chinese (Traditional): 棕胸金鵑〔小金鵑〕