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Chalcites basalis
SUBFAMILY
Cuculinae
TAXONOMY
Cuculus basalis Horsfield, 1821, Java. Monotypic.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
English: Australian bronze-cuckoo, narrow-billed bronzecuckoo, rufous-tailed bronze-cuckoo; French: Coucou de Horsfield; German: Rotschwanzkuckuck; Spanish: Cuclillo de Horsfield.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
6.7 in (17 cm), 0.77 oz (22 g). Brownish bronze above, streaked throat with barred flanks and sides of breast. Black, slender bill.
DISTRIBUTION
Australia and Tasmania; winters north.
HABITAT
Open woodlands, scrubs.
BEHAVIOR
Resident and seasonally migratory.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Insects, mainly caterpillars.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
All brood parasitic; chicks evict host offspring.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.

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