Chalcites lucidus

Shining Bronze-Cuckoo at Michelago, NSW

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Identification history

Chalcites lucidus	9 Jul 2018	natureguy
Chalcites lucidus	5 Jul 2018	ChrisDavey
Chrysococcyx basalis	4 Jul 2018	Illilanga

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4 comments

Illilanga wrote:

6 Jul 2018

Oops, I thought that the last two photos were clear enough to show the rufous tail feathers. I've added a cropped version to help with the ID. Sorry Chris! We mostly get Horsfield and Pallid cuckoos. They seem to find a lot of success with our local honeyeater and thornbill nests.

ArcherCallaway wrote:

7 Jul 2018

Not a great individual to try and ID. Browner colouration and rufous on tail favours Horsfields. Barring and face markings favour Shining. I'm not convinced which it is. I find that often the distinguishing features of Bronze-cuckoos such as the barring and face markings are unrealiable. Perhaps, the rufous tail edge is of the abovementioned factors one of the more reliable.

Illilanga wrote:

7 Jul 2018

Fair statement Ryu. This is where a matching audio recording would really help, as the two calls are very distinctive. From memory I am pretty sure it was a Horsfields but the photos are from 2012! I am happy to remove the sighting if you think it is inconclusive. I have more photos of Horsfields at later dates that I was planning to post.

natureguy wrote:

9 Jul 2018

I am confident that this is a Shining Bronze-cuckoo as the face markings look nothing like Horsfield's.

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
1 May 2012 08:59 AM Recorded on
Illilanga Recorded by
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Illilanga Completed Illilanga Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cuckoos Birds

Species information

Chalcites lucidus Scientific name
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1048.8m Recorded at altitude
170 images trained Machine learning
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Synonyms
Chrysococcyx lucidus Chalcites lucidus

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