Little bronze cuckoo

Little bronze cuckoo

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
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 family Cuculidae. It is found in Southeast Asia, New Guinea and northern and eastern 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
C. m. russatus Gould, 1868 – (Gould's bronze cuckoo) - northeastern Australia, New Guinea

References

↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Chalcites minutillus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
↑ 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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