Shining Bronze Cuckoo

Chalcites lucidus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)

Shining Bronze Cuckoo, Chalcites lucidus, is a cuckoo of the family Cuculidae that breeds in western, north-central, eastern and south-eastern Australia, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and the New Zealand region, including the Chatham Islands east of the North Island. Outside the breeding season it reaches the Lesser Sundas, the New Guinea region and the Bismarck Archipelago, as well as the Solomon Islands. It is a brood parasite, chiefly using the dome-shaped nests of Gerygone species, and may also use other Acanthizidae. It is the most southerly brood parasitic bird known.

Order

Cuculiformes

Family

Cuculidae — Cuckoos

Breeding range

Australasia: w, nc, e, se Australia, Solomon Is., Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and New Zealand region including Chatham Is. (e of North I.)

Nonbreeding range

to Lesser Sundas, New Guinea region, Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is.