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Species
Chrysococcyx minutillus Gould, 1859
Nomenclature
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Family: CuculidaeGenus: Chrysococcyx
Species:
Chrysococcyx minutillus Gould, 1859
Usage:
valid
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
Little Bronze Cuckoo, Malay Green Cuckoo, Malay Bronze-cuckoo
Media
SUMMARY
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.