Horsfield's bronze cuckoo

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Horsfield's bronze cuckoo is a small, metallic-green parasitic cuckoo species native to Australia and nearby regions, known for laying its eggs in the nests of other birds.

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Horsfield's bronze cuckoo canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bird
brood parasite
cuckoo
activityPattern diurnal
billType slender bill
binomialName Chrysococcyx
surface form: Chrysococcyx basalis
bodyLength approximately 16 cm
bodyMass approximately 17 g
breedingRange south-eastern Australia
south-western Australia
southern Australia
class Aves
commonName Horsfield bronze-cuckoo
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo self-link
diet caterpillars
insects
other arthropods
eggMimicry true
eyeStripe dark eye-stripe
family Cuculidae
foragingStratum low trees
shrubs
genus Chrysococcyx
habitat farmland with scattered trees
mallee
open woodland
scrub
IUCNStatus Least Concern
kingdom Animalia
laysEggsInNestsOf chats
fairy-wrens
other small passerines
thornbills
migrationDestination New Guinea
eastern Indonesia
northern Australia
migratory true
namedAfter Thomas Horsfield
nativeTo Australia
Lesser Sunda Islands
New Guinea
Tasmania
Timor
eastern Indonesia
order Cuculiformes
phylum Chordata
plumageColor metallic green upperparts
white underparts with dark barring
reproductiveStrategy obligate brood parasitism
sexualDimorphism weak
taxonRank species
vocalization high-pitched repeated whistle

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Thomas Horsfield hasEponym Horsfield's bronze cuckoo
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo commonName Horsfield's bronze cuckoo self-link