Little bronze cuckoo

Chrysococcyx minutillus

The little bronze cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Southeast Asia, New Guinea and northern and eastern Australia, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is the world's smallest cuckoo, at 17 grams and 15 cm . The subspecies ''rufomerus'' and ''crassirostris'' are sometimes given specific status.
Little Bronze-Cuckoo - Chrysococcyx minutillus                                 Bird,Chrysococcyx minutillus,Cuckoo,Little bronze cuckoo,Malaysia,Penang

Naming

Subspecies accepted by the International Ornithologists' Union as of 2014 are:

⤷ ''C. m. peninsularis'' S.A.Parker, 1981 – southern Thailand and the Malay Peninsula
⤷ ''C. m. albifrons'' – Sumatra and western Java
⤷ ''C. m. aheneus'' – Borneo and the southern Philippines
⤷ ''C. m. jungei'' – Sulawesi, Flores and Madu Island
⤷ ''C. m. rufomerus'' Hartert, 1900 – Lesser Sunda Islands
⤷ ''C. m. crassirostris'' – considered by some authorities as a separate species. Found on Babar, Kai and Tanimbar Islands
⤷ ''C. m. salvadorii'' – Babar Islands
⤷ ''C. m. misoriensis'' – Biak
⤷ ''C. m. poecilurus'' G.R.Gray, 1862 – coastal New Guinea and northern Queensland
⤷ ''C. m. minutillus'' Gould, 1859 – northern Australia
⤷ ''C. m. barnardi'' Mathews, 1912 – eastern Australia
⤷ ''C. m. russatus'' Gould, 1868 – - formerly considered by some authorities as a separate species. Found in north-eastern Australia, New Guinea

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderCuculiformes
FamilyCuculidae
GenusChrysococcyx
SpeciesC. minutillus
Photographed in
Malaysia