Little Bronze Cuckoo

Taxonomy

Order

Cuculiformes

Family

Cuculidae

Genus

Chalcites

Subspecies (11)

• Chalcites minutillus aheneus

  northern Borneo (where poorly known) and southern Philippines

• Chalcites minutillus albifrons

  northern Sumatra and western Java

• Chalcites minutillus barnardi

  eastern Australia (east-central Queensland to northeastern New South Wales); winters to southern New Guinea

• Chalcites minutillus jungei

  Sulawesi, Banggai Islands (off eastern Sulawesi), Madu Island (southeast of Sulawesi), and Flores to Alor (central Lesser Sundas); populations on Timor and Wetar may represent an undescribed taxon

• Chalcites minutillus minutillus

  Moluccas, Lesser Sundas, and northern Australia (Kimberley region of Western Australia, Tiwi islands off Northern Territory, and western Cape York Peninsula, northern Queensland)

• Chalcites minutillus misoriensis

  lowlands of coastal northern New Guinea and adjacent islands

• Chalcites minutillus peninsularis

  far southern Thailand and Malay Peninsula

• Chalcites minutillus poecilurus

  lowlands of coastal southern New Guinea and adjacent islands

• Chalcites minutillus rufomerus

  Lesser Sundas (Romang, Kisar, Leti, Moa, Sermata, and Damar)

• Chalcites minutillus russatus

  northeastern Australia (Cape York Peninsula and to Burdekin River)

• Chalcites minutillus salvadorii

  known from one specimen and recent records from Babar Islands