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Least ConcernShining Bronze Cuckoo
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Chalcites
- Image
- Chrysococcyx lucidus -Brisbane, Queensland, Australia-8.jpg
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- taxon name
- Chalcites lucidus
- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- short name
- C. lucidus
- taxon range
- Vanuatu
- habitat
- shrubland
- generation time
- 4.2
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- Chalcites lucidus
- taxon common name
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo
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Encyclopedic overview
The shining bronze cuckoo (Chalcites lucidus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae, found in Australia, Indonesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. It was formerly placed in the genus Chrysococcyx.
It is a very small cuckoo, being only 13 to 18 cm (5.1 to 7.1 in) in length, and parasitises chiefly dome-shaped nests of various Gerygone species, having a range that largely corresponds with the distribution of that genus. It may also parasitise other Acanthizidae species, and is also the most southerly ranging brood parasitic bird species in the world, extending to at least 46°S in New Zealand.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “shining bronze cuckoo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.