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Pied Bronze Cuckoo
Chalcites crassirostris (Salvadori, 1878)
19 gWeight
Where and when it's recorded
No records at the public birding hotspots we track. It may be rare, remote, or its locations protected.
Questions
How big is the Pied Bronze Cuckoo?
The Pied Bronze Cuckoo weighs around 19 g.
Where does the Pied Bronze Cuckoo live?
Its breeding range: Australasia: Tayandu, Kai, and Tanimbar islands (southern Moluccas).
Is the Pied Bronze Cuckoo endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Pied Bronze Cuckoo as Least Concern.
What does the Pied Bronze Cuckoo eat?
Main food: Insects & other invertebrates.
What family is the Pied Bronze Cuckoo in?
It belongs to the family Cuckoos (Cuculidae), order Cuculiformes.
At a glance
- Weight
- 19 g
- Diet
- Insects & other invertebrates
- Lifestyle
- Perches in trees
- Migration
- Resident (barely migrates)
- Conservation
- Least Concern
More measurements
- Wing
- 86 mm
- Tail
- 57 mm
- Bill
- 18 mm
- Tarsus
- 16 mm
Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.
Range
Australasia: Tayandu, Kai, and Tanimbar islands (southern Moluccas)
Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2
Classification
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuckoos Cuculidae
- Genus
- Chalcites
Other birds in the genus Chalcites
Long-billed CuckooChalcites megarhynchus
Horsfield's Bronze CuckooChalcites basalis
Black-eared CuckooChalcites osculans
Rufous-throated Bronze CuckooChalcites ruficollis
Shining Bronze CuckooChalcites lucidus
White-eared Bronze CuckooChalcites meyerii
Little Bronze CuckooChalcites minutillus
Guira CuckooGuira guira
Greater AniCrotophaga major
Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
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