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As the world's smallest cuckoo, the little bronze cuckoo measures 15-16 centimeters (5.9-6.3 in) in length and weighs 14.5-17.0 grams (0.51-0.60 oz). The females are slightly larger than the males. The generation length of the Little Bronze Cuckoo is approximately three years. The little bronze cuckoo is characterized by its bronze-green upperparts, white underparts with dark barring, and a distinctive white spot behind the eye. It has a slender body and a long tail, allowing it to maneuver swiftly through dense vegetation. In flight, it is described as being direct with subtle undulation. Voice: The little bronze cuckoo has territorial vocalizations that are often called from an unobstructed vantage point. These calls consist of 3-5 repeating notes that lower in pitch towards the end. There are some variants: the repeated notes can sound like "rhew", "eug" or be a screeching trill. The calls of individuals in Wallacea have not been described.
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When to see the Little Bronze Cuckoo
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Little Bronze Cuckoo
The map shades 9 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Vietnam.
About the Little Bronze Cuckoo
The little bronze cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Chrysococcyx. It is a common brood parasite of birds from the genus Geryone. This cuckoo is found in Southeast Asia, New Guinea and some parts of Australia, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is the world's smallest cuckoo. The pied bronze cuckoo was formerly considered to be a subspecies. Other common names for the little bronze cuckoo include the red-eyed bronze cuckoo and the Malay green cuckoo. It has 11 subspecies which are generally recognized.
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Easily confused with
Black-eared CuckooChalcites osculansAdult weight on average 30 grams (1.1 oz) and are 19 to 20 cm (7.5 to 7.9 in) long, with dull greyish-brown back with distinctive black eye-stripe from the bill to the neck.
Horsfield's Bronze CuckooChalcites basalisHorsfield's bronze cuckoo is a small cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.
Rufous-throated Bronze CuckooChalcites ruficollisThe rufous-throated bronze cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.
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