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Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo
Chalcites basalis (Horsfield, 1821)
Cuculidae — Cuckoos
Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo, Chalcites basalis, breeds in Australia and Tasmania and moves to the Indonesian Archipelago outside the breeding season. It is a cuckoo in the family Cuculidae and was first described by Horsfield in 1821. It is recognised by its green and bronze sheen on the upperparts, the broken brown barring from the neck to the tail, and the white eyebrow with a brown stripe through the eye. It is common across Australia and is associated with drier open woodland rather than forested country. It was formerly placed in Chrysococcyx.
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae — Cuckoos
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Australia and Tasmania
- Nonbreeding range
- to Indonesian Arch.
