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Chrysococcyx lucidus

3 Shining Bronze-Cuckoo at Hackett, ACT

Chrysococcyx lucidus at Hackett, ACT - 8 Sep 2019
Chrysococcyx lucidus at Hackett, ACT - 8 Sep 2019
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Identification history

Chrysococcyx lucidus 8 Sep 2019 Illilanga
Unidentified 8 Sep 2019 jb2602

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5 comments

jb2602 wrote:
   8 Sep 2019
Bronze gloss on crown so female?
natureguy wrote:
   8 Sep 2019
I don't think you can distinguish between male and female.
   9 Sep 2019
Just checked Morcombe - Bronze crown makes it the Aus race, green crown makes it the NZ race that passes through East Aus
rawshorty wrote:
   9 Sep 2019
I believe in both ssp females have bronze crown and males have green crown, according to the Australian Bird Guide.
   9 Sep 2019
Oh dear. The discrepancies...

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Location information

Sighting information

  • 1 Abundance
  • 8 Sep 2019 08:14 AM Recorded on
  • jb2602 Recorded by
  • Collections

    Birds Cuckoos

Species information

  • Chrysococcyx lucidus Scientific name
  • Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1048.8m Recorded at altitude
  • 164 images trained Machine learning
  • External link More information
  • Synonyms

    Chrysococcyx lucidus Chalcites lucidus
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