Cuckoo, Horsefield’s Bronze-cuckoo
Chalcites basalis
Widespread in lightly wooded habitats from open forests to
lightly treed grasslands and vegetation remnant in farmland and urban areas.
Mainly parasitises fairy-wrens and thornbills. Mainly a summer migrant to s
Australia, occurs in n Australia all year.
| Classifications: | Bird, forest and grassland |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Information sources: | The Australian Bird Guide, Peter Menkhorst et al |
