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Little Bronze-Cuckoo

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 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:
  D53BAFB3216517A6

Avibase ID:
  avibase-D53BAFB3

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/D53BAFB3

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554699

Geographic range:

  • 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
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Little Bronze-Cuckoo
Catalan:
Cucut bronzat menut
Czech:
kukačka trpasličí
Danish:
Lille Bronzegøg
German:
Glanzkuckuck
Spanish:
Cuclillo Menudo
Spanish (Spain):
Cuclillo Menudo
Finnish:
pikkupronssikäki
French:
Coucou menu
Hungarian:
kis rézkakukk
Italian:
Cuculo bronzato minore
Japanese (romaji):
akameterikakkou
Japanese:
アカメテリカッコウ
Lithuanian:
Mažoji bronzinė gegutė
Dutch:
Kleine Bronskoekoek
Norwegian:
Pygmégjøk
Polish:
kukuleczka zielonoglowa
Russian:
Малая бронзовая кукушка
Slovak:
kukučka zelenohlavá
Swedish:
Mindre glansgök
Ukrainian:
Дідрик зеленоголовий
Chinese:
棕胸金鹃
Chinese (Traditional):
小金鵑

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Little Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Little Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Little Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Little Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Little Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Little Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Little Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Little Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Little Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Little Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Little Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 1]
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds:
Little Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Coucou menu ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Coucou menu ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Little Bronze Cuckoo ( Chalcites minutillus)
Clements 4th edition:
Little Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Little Bronze Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Little Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Little Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Little Bronze-Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx minutillus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

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

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Bengali: হছাট তাভা঩াচ঩য়া
Bengali (transliteration): chōṭa tāmāpāpiẏā
Catalan: Cucut bronzat menut
Czech: Kukacka trpaslicí, kukačka trpasličí
Danish: Lille Bronzegøg
German: Glanzkuckuck, Kleiner Bronzekuckuck, Zwerbronzekuckuck
English: Little Bronze Cuckoo, Little Bronze-Cuckoo, Malay Bronze-Cuckoo, Malay Cuckoo, Malay Emerald Cuckoo, Malayan Bronze Cuckoo, Malayan Bronze-Cuckoo, Malaysian Bronze-Cuckoo
Spanish: Cuclillo , Cuclillo Esmeralda Malayo, Cuclillo Menudo
Spanish (Spain): Cuclillo Menudo
Estonian: väike-pronkskägu
Finnish: Pikkupronssikäki
French: Coucou menu, Coucou nain
Hungarian: kis rézkakukk
Indonesian: Burung Kedasi Laut, Kedasi Laut
Italian: Cuculo bronzato minore, Cuculo bronzeo minore
Japanese (romaji): akameterikakkou, teri-kakkō
Japanese: アカメテリカッコウ, テリカッコウ
Japanese (Kanji): 照り郭公
Scientific: Chalchites minutillus, Chalcites malayanus, Chalcites minutillus, Chalcites minutillus malayanus, Chalcites minutillus minutillus, Chrysococcyx malayanus, Chrysococcyx minutillus, Chrysococcyx minutillus minutillus, Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus malayanus, Cuculus malayanus
Lithuanian: Mažoji bronzinė gegutė
Malay: Burung Sewah Daun, Sewah Daun
Dutch: Kleine Bronskoekoek
Norwegian: Pygmégjøk
Polish: kukuleczka zielonoglowa, kukułeczka zielonogłowa
Pinyin: xiǎo jīn-juān, zōng-xiōng jīn-juān
Russian: Малая бронзовая кукушка
Slovak: kukučka zelenohlavá
Swedish: Mindre glansgök
Thai: นกคัคคูสีทองแดง , นกคัคคูสีทองแดง
Thai (Transliteration): nók kʰák-kʰuu sĭi-tʰoaaŋ-daeeŋ
Ukrainian: Дідрик зеленоголовий
Vietnamese: Chim Tìm vịt nhỏ, Chim Tìm vịt trán trắng
Chinese: 小金鹃, 棕胸金鹃
Chinese (Traditional): 小金鵑, 棕胸金鵑

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