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Horsfield's bronze cuckoo

Chalcites basalis (Horsfield, 1821)

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The horsfield's bronze cuckoo (Chalcites basalis) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh 22 g to 24.3 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Horsfield's bronze cuckoo (Chalcites basalis)
Photo: Christopher Watson ( http://www.comebirdwatching.blogspot.com/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the horsfield's bronze cuckoo

Weight
22 g – 24.3 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the horsfield's bronze cuckoo live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The horsfield's bronze cuckoo is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the horsfield's bronze cuckoo?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Horsfield's bronze cuckoo (Chalcites basalis) is a small cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. Its size averages 22 g (0.78 oz) and is distinguished by its green and bronze iridescent colouring on its back and incomplete brown barring from neck to tail. Horsfield's bronze cuckoo can be distinguished from other bronze cuckoos by its white eyebrow and brown eye stripe. The Horsfield's bronze cuckoo is common throughout Australia preferring the drier open woodlands away from forested areas. This species was formerly placed in the genus Chrysococcyx.

From the Wikipedia article “Horsfield's bronze cuckoo” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Horsfield%27s_bronze_cuckoo&oldid=1379852266), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the horsfield's bronze cuckoo endangered?

The horsfield's bronze cuckoo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the horsfield's bronze cuckoo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCuculiformes
  5. familyCuculidae
  6. genusChalcites
  7. SpeciesChalcites basalis (Horsfield, 1821)

Synonyms Chalchites basalis, Chalcites basalis basalis, Chrysococcyx basalis, Chrysococcyx basalis mellori, Chrysococcyx basalis wyndhami, Cuculus basalis, Cuculus neglectus, Lamprococcyx modesta

Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • Horsfield's bronze-cuckooEnglish
  • وقواق برونزي هورشفيلديArabic
  • cucut bronzat de HorsfieldCatalan
  • kukačka bronzováCzech
  • Rødgumpet BronzegøgDanish
  • RotschwanzkuckuckGerman
  • bronza kukoloEsperanto
  • Cuclillo de HorsfieldSpanish
  • välja-pronkskäguEstonian
  • australianpronssikäkiFinnish
  • Coucou de HorsfieldFrench
  • brončanosmeđa kukavicaCroatian
  • Horsfield-rézkakukkHungarian
  • Kedasi australiaIndonesian
  • Burung Kedasi AustraliaIndonesian
  • Cuculo bronzeo di HorsfieldItalian
  • マミジロテリカッコウJapanese
  • Horsfildo bronzinė gegutėLithuanian
  • Horsfields BronskoekoekDutch
  • mulgagjøkNorwegian
  • kukułeczka brązowaPolish
  • cuco-bronzeadoPortuguese
  • cuco-bronzeado-de-horsfieldPortuguese
  • Рыжехвостая кукушкаRussian
  • Краснохвостая бронзовая кукушкаRussian
  • kukučka bronzováSlovak
  • Horsfildova bronzana kukavicaSerbian
  • mulgaglansgökSwedish
  • horsfieldglansgökSwedish
  • Horsfields glansgökSwedish
  • นกคัคคูแถบตาดำThai
  • Horsfield bronz guguğuTurkish
  • Horsfield Zümrüt GuguğuTurkish
  • дідрик рудохвостийUkrainian
  • 狹嘴金鵑Chinese
  • 霍氏金鹃Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the horsfield's bronze cuckoo

Other species in the same genus Chalcites.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the horsfield's bronze cuckoo?

An adult horsfield's bronze cuckoo weighs 22 g – 24.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the horsfield's bronze cuckoo live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the horsfield's bronze cuckoo for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the horsfield's bronze cuckoo endangered?

The horsfield's bronze cuckoo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the horsfield's bronze cuckoo?

The horsfield's bronze cuckoo (Chalcites basalis) belongs to the family Cuculidae in the order Cuculiformes.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{horsfields_bronze_cuckoo_2026,
  title = {Horsfield's bronze cuckoo (Chalcites basalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/horsfields-bronze-cuckoo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}