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Shining bronze cuckoo

Chalcites lucidus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The shining bronze cuckoo (Chalcites lucidus) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh 23.3 g to 24.5 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Shining bronze cuckoo (Chalcites lucidus)
Photo: James Niland from Brisbane, Australia · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the shining bronze cuckoo

Weight
23.3 g – 24.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc 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 shining 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 shining 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 shining bronze cuckoo?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The shining bronze cuckoo or pīpīwharauroa (Chalcites lucidus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae, found in Australia, Indonesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. It was formerly placed in the genus Chrysococcyx.

It is a very small cuckoo, being only 13 to 18 cm (5.1 to 7.1 in) in length, and parasitises chiefly dome-shaped nests of various Gerygone species, having a range that largely corresponds with the distribution of that genus. It may also parasitise other Acanthizidae species, and is also the most southerly ranging brood parasitic bird species in the world, extending to at least 46°S in New Zealand.

From the Wikipedia article “Shining bronze cuckoo” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shining_bronze_cuckoo&oldid=1362140206), 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 shining bronze cuckoo endangered?

The shining 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 shining bronze cuckoo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCuculiformes
  5. familyCuculidae
  6. genusChalcites
  7. SpeciesChalcites lucidus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Synonyms Chalchites lucidus, Chalcites lucidus, Chrysococcyx lucidus, Cuculus lucidus, Cuculus nitens

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • Shining bronze-cuckooEnglish
  • Shining cuckooEnglish
  • cucut bronzat lluentCatalan
  • kukačka blýskaváCzech
  • BronzegøgDanish
  • GlanzbronzekuckuckGerman
  • brilbronza kukoloEsperanto
  • Cuclillo broncíneoSpanish
  • ränd-pronkskäguEstonian
  • kiiltokäkiFinnish
  • Coucou éclatantFrench
  • brončanozelena kukavicaCroatian
  • fénylő rézkakukkHungarian
  • Kedasi emasIndonesian
  • Cuculo bronzeo splendenteItalian
  • ヨコジマテリカッコウJapanese
  • blizgioji bronzinė gegutėLithuanian
  • Gouden BronskoekoekDutch
  • bronsegjøkNorwegian
  • kukułeczka jarzębataPolish
  • cuco-brilhantePortuguese
  • cuco-verde-brilhantePortuguese
  • Бронзовая кукушкаRussian
  • kukučka leskláSlovak
  • Sjajna bronzana kukavicaSerbian
  • guldglansgökSwedish
  • Parlak Zümrüt GuguğuTurkish
  • дідрик смугастощокийUkrainian
  • 金鹃Chinese
  • 金鵑〔閃亮金鵑〕Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the shining 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 shining bronze cuckoo?

An adult shining bronze cuckoo weighs 23.3 g – 24.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the shining bronze cuckoo live?

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

Is the shining bronze cuckoo endangered?

The shining 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 shining bronze cuckoo?

The shining bronze cuckoo (Chalcites lucidus) belongs to the family Cuculidae in the order Cuculiformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{shining_bronze_cuckoo_2026,
  title = {Shining bronze cuckoo (Chalcites lucidus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/shining-bronze-cuckoo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}