Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
White-eared Bronze-cuckoo (Chrysococcyx meyeri) - HBW 4, p. 564
French: Coucou de Meyer
German: Rotschwingen-Bronzekuckuck
Spanish: Cuclillo Orejiblanco
Other common names: Meyer's Bronze-cuckoo, Mountain Bronze-cuckoo
Taxonomy: Chrysococcyx meyeri Salvadori, 1874, Hatam, Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
Asian and Australasian forms of Chrysococcyx sometimes placed in genus Chalcites. Monotypic.
Distribution: Mountains of New Guinea and Batanta I.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Adult perched
Locality Tabubil, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (Monotypic species)
Nik Borrow 20 May 2010 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.3
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Male recorded calling in mid-afternoon. Locality Tabubil, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Sam Woods 1 September 2008 2 years ago 4
