General Description
Upperparts pale iridescent brown to bronze-green; top of head duller. Underparts white with broken bronze stripes. Face white with dark-brown stripe through the eye. Tail white underneath with dark brown stripes, upper tail feathers have red-brown (rufous) edges. Males call with a descending trill described as "see-you, see-you". Body up to 17 cm long.
Biology
Female Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoos are nest parasites, laying a single egg in a host's nest. Hosts are typically wrens, thornbills and robins.
Distribution
Mainland Australia and Tasmania.
Habitat
Forests and woodlands, particularly dry forests and grasslands with scattered dead trees.
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Brief Id
White underparts with incomplete brown stripes across chest. Brown head and olive-bronze iridescent back and tail. White stripes above and below eye.
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Colours
Green, Brown, White
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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
Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo
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Species Name
basalis
