General Description
Small bird with coppery bronze bars on white chest. Metallic green nap and copper-coloured cap. Under tail black. Feet black with yellow undersides. Slender bill.
Biology
Shining Bronze-cuckoos do not build nests; instead they parasitise the domed nests of thornbills, fairy wrens and scrub wrens. They lay a single egg after ejecting one of the host eggs. After hatching, the juvenile cuckoo ejects any host nestling from the nest. They are general solitary birds or gather in very small groups during breading. During migration they may congregate in flocks of up to 100.
Distribution
Pacific Islands. Eastern Australia, except Tasmania. Throughout Victoria.
Habitat
Forested areas, open woodlands, parks and gardens.
More Information
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Brief Id
Small bird with coppery-bronze chest bars. Copper cap and green top of wings.
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Colours
Green, Brown, Bronze, White, Copper
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Maximum Size
18 cm
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Habitats
Wetland, Urban, DryForest, WetForest, Woodland, Mallee, Grassland
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Diet
Carnivore
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Diet Categories
Insects
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Endemicity
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Commercial
No
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Conservation Statuses
CITES: Not listed, FFG Threatened List: Not listed, EPBC Act 1999: Not listed, IUCN Red List: Least Concern
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Common Name
Shining Bronze-cuckoo
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Species Name
lucidus