Little Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx minutillus)
About the Little Bronze Cuckoo
The little bronze cuckoo (Chalcites minutillus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Chrysococcyx. It is a common brood parasite of birds from the genus Geryone. This cuckoo is found in Southeast Asia, New Guinea and some parts of Australia, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is the world's smallest cuckoo. The pied bronze cuckoo was formerly considered to be a subspecies. Other common names for the little bronze cuckoo include the red-eyed bronze cuckoo and the Malay green cuckoo. It has 11 subspecies which are generally recognized.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 86 recordings for this species: 13 CC BY-NC-ND · 10 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Horsfield's Bronze CuckooChrysococcyx basalisrecording
- Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaasrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.