Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis) - HBW 4, p. 563
French: Coucou de Horsfield
German: Rotschwanzkuckuck
Spanish: Cuclillo de Horsfield
Other common names: Australian/Narrow-billed/Rufous-tailed Bronze-cuckoo, Horsfield's Cuckoo(!)
Taxonomy: Cuculus basalis Horsfield, 1821, Java.
Asian and Australasian forms of Chrysococcyx sometimes placed in genus Chalcites. Monotypic.
Distribution: Australia and Tasmania. Winters N to Java and irregularly beyond.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult perching in a tree. Locality Royal Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 29 November 2012 24 weeks ago 18 sec 4.3 -
A bird perched on a branch Locality Campbell Park, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 3 November 2005 3 years ago 27 sec 4.3 -
A bird perching on a branch, defecating and then flying away. Locality Campbell Park, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 3 November 2005 3 years ago 29 sec 4.3 -
A bird perched on a branch, looking for prey Locality Campbell Park, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 3 November 2005 3 years ago 20 sec 4 -
An adult perching on a twig and calling. Locality Woodlands Historic Park, Oaklands Junction, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 27 December 2009 3 years ago 35 sec 3.8 -
An adult perched on a branch Locality Thylungra, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Tom Tarrant 31 March 1996 8 years ago 16 sec 3.6
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Lateral view of an adult perched in a tree.
Locality South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Pete Morris 1 October 2003 15 weeks ago 4 -
a female having a rest on a dead tree, near the Kahayan river.
Locality Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan Province, Kalimantan (Indonesia), Borneo
Bruno Durand 7 July 2012 42 weeks ago 4 -
An adult bird perched on a trunk.
Locality South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Pete Morris 1 October 2003 15 weeks ago 3.8 -
An adult perched on a twig.
Locality Woodlands Historic Park, Oaklands Junction, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 27 December 2009 3 years ago 3.8 -
a female having a rest on a dead tree, near the Kahayan river.
Locality Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan Province, Kalimantan (Indonesia), Borneo
Bruno Durand 7 July 2012 42 weeks ago 3.7 -
perched on fence
Locality Point Cook Coastal Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Dirk Tomsa 5 June 2011 1 year ago 3.5
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Probably same bird calling as one recorded in November 2008, call similar to Australasian Pipit's. Locality Lake Samsonvale, Queensland, Australia
Tom Tarrant 7 February 2009 4 years ago 3 -
This is the most-frequently heard call of this species. Locality Lake Samsonvale, Queensland, Australia
Tom Tarrant 16 November 2008 4 years ago 3 -
A bird calling near a wetland. Locality Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, Victoria, Australia
(Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 26 March 2012 1 year ago 2 -
A single bird calling. Locality Long Forest Flora Reserve, Victoria, Australia
(Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 9 September 2012 33 weeks ago 0
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