Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo
OccasionalGBIF 18.3·Dongniao Rarity Index8.63
英文名：Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo，（学名：Chrysococcyx basalis），是鹃形目杜鹃科金鹃属的小型鸟类，平均体重22克。其背部呈绿色至青铜色，颈部至尾部有不完整的棕色斑纹。独特的白色眉线和棕色眼纹使其易于识别。广泛分布于澳大利亚，偏好干燥的开阔林地而非森林地带。
Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo
15-17 cm. Pale brown above, glossed green; feathers fringed paler; long white eyebrow above brown mark curving down neck; breast-bars broken; bases of outer tail feathers rufous ; eye dark. Juvenile: grey-brown, whitish below; shadowy bars develop; tail as adult . Singles, parties: calls from high branches, wires. Forages low, for hairy caterpillars. Flight swift; pale wingbar.
- Similar Species
- Shining Bronze-Cuckoo.
- Voice
- clear, descending 'tseeeeuw'; often kicks up at end; brisk 'chirrup'.
- Habitat
- woodlands; mallee, mulga, saltbush, saltmarsh, mangroves, roadsides, golf courses.
- Breeding
- July-Jan.
- Eggs
- 1; whitish, speckled pink, red; in domed nest of fairy-wren, gerygone, thornbill; cup nest of robin, chat.
- Range & Status
- breeding migrant to s. Aust., Tas., June-March; breeds/overwinters inland. Resident n. Aust., breeds summer; winter migrant to w. PNG; Indonesia; Christmas I., Indian Ocean.
