Birds Thru My Eyes : MALAYSIA: Little Bronze-cuckoo

Sunday 10 December 2017

Little Bronze-cuckoo

Order - Cuculiformes
Family - Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Little Bronze-cuckoo

Chrysococcyx minutillus

棕胸金鹃 (zōng xiōng jīn juān)

Malay : Sewah-Daun Biasa

Japanese : アカメテリカッコウ (akame teri-kakkō) / テリカッコウ (teri-kakkō)

Kanji 日語漢字 : 赤目照り郭公 / 照り郭公

Size : 15–17 cm; 14.5–17 g, 16.9–21 g (russatus)

Subspecies (13) and Distribution

Chrysococcyx minutillus peninsularis (S. A. Parker, 1981)
– Extreme s Thailand and Malay Peninsula.
Chrysococcyx minutillus albifrons (Junge, 1938)
– N Sumatra and w Java.
Chrysococcyx minutillus cleis (S. A. Parker, 1981)
– N and e Borneo.
Chrysococcyx minutillus minutillus (Gould, 1859) – Little Bronze-cuckoo
– Moluccas, W Lesser Sundas and N Australia, from Kimberley district of NW Australia through Melville I and Arnhem Land to N Queensland (Gulf of Carpentaria to W Cape York).
Chrysococcyx minutillus barnardi (Mathews, 1912)
– E Australia (SE Queensland to NE New South Wales).
Chrysococcyx minutillus rufomerus (E. J. O. Hartert, 1900) – Dark-backed Bronze-cuckoo
– E Lesser Sundas (Romang, Damar, Kisar, Leti, Moa, Sermata).
Chrysococcyx minutillus aheneus (Junge, 1938)
– SE Borneo and S Philippines Islands.
Chrysococcyx minutillus jungei (Stresemann, 1938)
– Sulawesi, Madu, Flores, and Timor; the population on Timor may represent an undescribed subspecies.
Chrysococcyx minutillus poecilurus (G. R. Gray, 1862) – Gould's Bronze-cuckoo
– lowlands on N & S coasts of New Guinea, and offshore islands, including W Papuan Is (Misool).
Chrysococcyx minutillus misoriensis (Salvadori, 1876)
– Lowlands of coastal n New Guinea and adjacent islands.
Chrysococcyx minutillus russatus (Gould, 1868)
– N & E Queensland (Cape York S along E coast).
Chrysococcyx minutillus crassirostris (Salvadori, AT 1878)
– Moluccas (Tayandu, Kai Is.) and Tanimbar Is. (Yamdena, Larat)
Chrysococcyx minutillus salvadorii (Hartert, EJO; Stresemann, EFT 1925)
– Known from one specimen from Tepa I. (Babar Islands)