Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo
Male, chestnut tail feathers
Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo
Female, back
| Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo Male, chestnut tail feathers | | Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo Female, back | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves) | |||
| Order: | Cuckoos (Cuculiformes) | ||||
| Family: | Cuckoo (Cuculidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo (Chalcites basalis) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍Female, profile🔎 | ||||
| Synonym: | Chrysococcyx basalis | ||||
| Other names: | Horsefield's or Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo | ||||
Thank you Alan Melville for confirming the id of this species for us EXTRA - Photo Specific Information: There is no difference between the female & male's back. The differences shown here are just due to different sun reflections. 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 (Chalcites lucidus ssp plagosus) : Black Eared Cuckoo (Chalcites osculans) | |||||
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