Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Chalcites basalis
Edithvale Wetlands, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_9735 20191006
Notes: Strongly irridescent green upperparts. Dark stripe through
eye & ear-coverts, long white
supercilium. Barring incomplete down centre-line.
Rufous sides to uppertail; undertail broadly
barred. Male iris red or dark brown;
female iris brown to off-white & underparts barring less
complete. Common in
most habitats. Hunts on ground from perch.
Range from Morcombe©
Mamukala Billabong, Kakadu, NE NT IMG_3666 20180728
Mamukala Billabong, Kakadu, NE NT IMG_3653 20180728
Dalhousie Springs, N SA IMG_8240 20160608
Edithvale Wetlands, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_9744 20191006- note diagnostic rufous edges to upper tail visible here.
Gobarup Conservation Nature Reserve, C Vic IMG_8460 20190926
Lake Warden Nature Reserve, Esperance, SW WA IMG_2157 20181110 - note diagnostic rufous edges to upper tail visible here.
Newhaven, NT MVI_1803 20160628
Lake Warden Nature Reserve, Esperance, SW WA MVI_2153 20181110