
Bronze cuckoos
Chalcites
Chrysococcyx is a genus of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. The scientific name Chrysococcyx is Greek for gold cuckoo (χρυσός,κούκος) Some authorities split the principally Australo-Papuan taxa into the genus Chalcites.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species

Shining Bronze Cuckoo
speciesChalcites lucidus

Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo
speciesChalcites basalis

Little Bronze Cuckoo
speciesChalcites minutillus

Black-eared Cuckoo
speciesChalcites osculans

White-eared Bronze Cuckoo
speciesChalcites meyerii

Rufous-throated Bronze Cuckoo
speciesChalcites ruficollis

Pied Bronze Cuckoo
speciesChalcites crassirostris

Long-billed Cuckoo
speciesChalcites megarhynchus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 369158.