Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx basalis· 杜鹃科(2 photos)
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.
