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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)
	Order:	Cuckoos (Cuculiformes)
	Family:	Cuckoo (Cuculidae)     iNaturalist Observation
	Species:	Shining Bronze-cuckoo (Chalcites lucidus ssp plagosus)
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	Synonym:	Chrysococcyx lucidus
	Thank you Alan Melville for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found in the Murray-Darling, SA, Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere Similar Species: Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo (Chalcites basalis)
	Copyright © 2010-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 29-Sep-2010
This species is classed as  RA (Rare)  in the Murray-Darling, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)