Pallid Cuckoo
Male, tail fanned out
Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo
Male, front
| Pallid Cuckoo Male, tail fanned out | | Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo Male, front | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves) | |||
| Order: | Cuckoos (Cuculiformes) | ||||
| Family: | Cuckoo (Cuculidae) | ||||
| Species: | Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis) | ||||
| This Photo: | Male, front | ||||
| Synonym: | Chalcites basalis | ||||
| Other names: | Horsefield's or Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere Regular high-pitched call with brown and white barred breast. Metallic green and bronze back. Camouflages very well in bushes with its green back. Very similar to Shining Bronze Cuckoo, but the Horsfields' bars don't meet at the front. The green back is also duller, but that's hard to compare without seeing both. The males have orange / brown eyes, while the females have off-white eyes. Similar Species: Shining Bronze-cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus) | |||||
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