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| Chrysococcyx lucidus |
(JF Gmelin, 1788) |
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Family: Cuculidae |
Order: Cuculiformes |
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Shining bronze-cuckoo |
Coucou éclatant |
Cuclillo broncíneo |
Bronzekuckuck |
| Migration: intercontinental |
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some residents |
Migrant and partial migrant. Nominate lucidus breeding in Australia and New Zealand is a long-distance migrant
across seas to equatorial non-breeding grounds, mainly in New Guinea and the Solomon Is, where silent;
observed on passage across Torres Strait. Occurs in Queensland at all seasons, moving N in autumn and S in
spring. A few remain in SE Australia and Tasmania in austral winter. Island races layardi and harterti are
resident. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1997)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1997) - www.hbw.com,
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |