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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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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