Shining Bronze-CuckooScientific name: Chalcites lucidus
Meaning of name: Chalcites is Greek for bronze. Lucidus is Latin for shining.
Aboriginal name: Djorit (chore’eet).
Distribution: Found in the southwest and eastern coastal areas of Australia.
Description: Up to 18cm long with a 32cm wingspan.
Notes: The furthest distance recorded by the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme for this species of bird to travel is 335km. The oldest bird recorded was still alive when its band was read in December 2007, 1 year 2.5 months after being banded (information as at 20 June 2012).
References: Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Various contributors.
What Bird is That? Neville W Cayley. 1978
Aboriginal names of bird species in south-west Western Australia, with suggestions for their adoption into common usage. Ian Abbott. 2009. Conservation Science Western Australia Journal. Volume 7 No 2 http://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/about-us/science-and-research/76-publications-and-resources/103-conservation-science-wa-journal
Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/science/abbbs/abbbs-search.html
This photograph was not taken in the reserves of interest to FQPB. Photograph courtesy of B Wykes.
This photo demonstrates why this bird is called shining-bronze cuckoo.
