Little bronze cuckoo
| Little bronze cuckoo | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Chrysococcyx |
| Species: | C. minutillus |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysococcyx minutillus Gould, 1859 | |
The little bronze cuckoo (Chrysococcyx minutillus) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in Southeast Asia, Melanesia and Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. This is the world's smallest cuckoo, at 17 grams and 15 cm (6 in). The subspecies rufomerus and crassirostris are sometimes given specific status.
Subspecies
Subspecies accepted by the International Ornithologists' Union as of 2014 are:[2]
- C. m. peninsularis S.A.Parker, 1981 – southern Thailand and the Malay Peninsula
- C. m. albifrons (Junge, 1938) – Sumatra and western Java
- C. m. aheneus (Junge, 1938) – Borneo and the southern Philippines
- C. m. jungei (Stresemann, 1938) – Sulawesi, Flores and Madu Island
- C. m. rufomerus Hartert, 1900 (green-cheeked bronze cuckoo) – Lesser Sunda Islands
- C. m. crassirostris (Salvadori, 1878) (pied bronze cuckoo) – Maluku and Tanimbar Islands
- C. m. salvadorii (Hartert & Stresemann, 1925) – Babar Islands
- C. m. misoriensis (Salvadori, 1876) – Biak (Schouten Islands)
- C. m. poecilurus G.R.Gray, 1862 – coastal New Guinea and northern Queensland
- C. m. minutillus Gould, 1859 – northern Australia
- C. m. barnardi Mathews, 1912 – eastern Australia
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2013). "Chrysococcyx minutillus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; & Donsker, David (eds) (2014-04-15). "IOC World Bird List Version 4.2". International Ornithologists’ Union. Retrieved 2014-07-29.
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