Shining Bronze Cuckoo
Chalcites lucidus(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) Shining Bronze Cuckoo
The Shining Bronze Cuckoo (Chalcites lucidus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cuculidae (Cuckoos) in the order Cuculiformes.
- Scientific name
- Chalcites lucidus
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Chalcites lucidus harterti
- Chalcites lucidus layardi
- Chalcites lucidus plagosus
- Chalcites lucidus lucidus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Cuculus lucidus
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- New Zealand, i.e. Queen Charlotte Sound.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.421
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Chrysococcyx flavigularis
African Emerald Cuckoo
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Long-billed Cuckoo
Chalcites megarhynchus
Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo
Chalcites basalis
Black-eared Cuckoo
Chalcites osculans
Rufous-throated Bronze Cuckoo
Chalcites ruficollis
White-eared Bronze Cuckoo
Chalcites meyerii
Little Bronze Cuckoo
Chalcites minutillus
Pied Bronze Cuckoo
Chalcites crassirostris
Pallid Cuckoo
Heteroscenes pallidus
White-crowned Cuckoo
Caliechthrus leucolophus
Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo
Cacomantis castaneiventris
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