Adult male bronze green above, white forehead, white above eye, bright green crown, tail bronze green, barred black and white at sides, white tips with black subterminal bar, below white with blackish bars, UnW-C barred, eye-ring red, iris red, bill black, feet grey. Female eye-ring tan to yellow or white, iris brown. Juvenile duller, grey-brown above, white to rufous below aith trace of barring on flanks, UnW-C unbarred or nearly so, eye-ring dull red, iris brown. Races differ widely in plumage.
Not Threatened.
Adult male bronze green above, white forehead, white above eye, bright green crown, tail bronze green, barred black and white at sides, white tips with black subterminal bar, below white with blackish bars, UnW-C barred, eye-ring red, iris red, bill black, feet grey. Female eye-ring tan to yellow or white, iris brown. Juvenile duller, grey-brown above, white to rufous below aith trace of barring on flanks, UnW-C unbarred or nearly so, eye-ring dull red, iris brown. Races differ widely in plumage.
15-16 cm, 17 g
Taxonomy:
- Chrysococcyx minutillus Gould, 1859, Port Essington, Northern Territory. Asian and Australasian forms of Chrysococcyx sometimes placed in genus Chalcites. Species formerly known as C. malayanus, but type of that name was a female of C. xanthorhynchus. Present species might be better considered to constitute more than one species, but the songs of all forms, where known, are apparently identical. While the forms listed are generally allopatric, and all use the same type of host species, the occurrence of two forms (cleis, aheneus) in Borneo suggests possible separate species status: russatus group (aheneus) (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)
Subspecies and Distribution:
- * peninsularis Parker, 1981 - extreme S Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia. * albifrons (Junge, 1938) - N Sumatra and W Java. * cleis Parker, 1981 - N & E Borneo. * aheneus (Junge, 1938) - SE Borneo and S Philippines. * jungei (Stresemann, 1938) - Sulawesi, Madu and Flores. * rufomerus Hartert, 1900 - Lesser Sundas (Romang, Kisar, Leti, Moa, Sermata, Damar). * crassirostris (Salvadori, 1878) - Moluccas (Tayandu, Kai) and Tanimbar Is (Yamdena, Larat). * salvadorii (Hartert & Stresemann, 1925) - Tepa (Babar Is). * misoriensis (Salvadori, 1875) - lowlands on N coast of New Guinea, and islands off E, N & NW coasts. * poecilurus G. R. Gray, 1862 - lowlands on S coast of New Guinea, and islands off W & S coasts including Misool. * minutillus Gould, 1859 - Moluccas, Lesser Sundas and N Australia, from Kimberley district of NW Australia through Melville I and Arnhem Land to N Queensland (Gulf of Carpenteria to W Cape York). * russatus Gould, 1868 - N & E Queensland (Cape York along E coast). * barnardi Mathews, 1912 - E Australia (SE Queensland to NE New South Wales).
Lowland forest and forest edge, monsoon forest, honeymyrtle swamp forest, secondary growth, vine thickets and mangroves, also frequent in towns. Occurs from sea-level up to 1400 m, in NG, scarce above 500 m
Insect, mainly caterpillars, also beetles and bugs. Forages in canopy.
Brood-parasitic host Gerygone magnirostris in PNG. Eggs olive-brown 20.5 x 15 mm in PNG. Partial migrant.