Little Bronze Cuckoo

Chalcites minutillus - Coucou menu

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Cuculiformes

  • Family
    :

    Cuculidés

  • Genus
    :

    Chalcites

  • Species
    :

    minutillus

Descriptor

Gould, 1859

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 16 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Coucou menu
♀ adult
Coucou menu
♀ adult

Little Bronze Cuckoo (Chalcites minutillus) is a species of bird in the Cuculidae family.

Subspecific information 11 subspecies

  • Chalcites minutillus minutillus (n Australia)
  • Chalcites minutillus peninsularis (s Thailand, Malay Pen.)
  • Chalcites minutillus albifrons (Sumatra, w Java)
  • Chalcites minutillus aheneus (Borneo, s Philippines)
  • Chalcites minutillus jungei (Sulawesi, Flores and Madu I.)
  • Chalcites minutillus rufomerus (Lesser Sundas)
  • Chalcites minutillus salvadorii (Tepa I.. Babar Is..)
  • Chalcites minutillus misoriensis (Biak I.)
  • Chalcites minutillus poecilurus (coastal New Guinea and nearby islands)
  • Chalcites minutillus russatus (ne Australia)
  • Chalcites minutillus barnardi (e Australia)

Foreign names

  • Coucou menu,
  • Cuclillo menudo,
  • cuco-bronzeado-pequeno,
  • Grünscheitel-Bronzekuckuck,
  • kis rézkakukk,
  • Kleine Bronskoekoek,
  • Cuculo bronzeo minore,
  • mindre glansgök,
  • Pygmégjøk,
  • kukučka zelenohlavá,
  • kukačka trpasličí,
  • Lille Bronzegøg,
  • pikkupronssikäki,
  • cucut bronzat menut,
  • kukułeczka zielonogłowa,
  • Карликовая кукушка,
  • Kedasi laut,
  • アカメテリカッコウ,
  • 棕胸金鹃,
  • นกคัคคูสีทองแดง,
  • 棕胸金鵑〔小金鵑〕,

Voice song and cries

Coucou menu
♂ adult

Habitat

Coucou menu
♂ adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Rural Gardens, Urban Areas

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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