Shining Bronze-Cuckoo

Chalcites is Greek for bronze. Lucidus is Latin for shining.

Djorit (chore’eet).

Found in the southwest and eastern coastal areas of Australia.

Up to 18 centimetres long with a 32 centimetre wingspan.

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).

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 https://library.dbca.wa.gov.au/Journals/080559/080559-07.015.pdf

Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/science/abbbs/abbbs-search.html

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/99e4518d-7877-46c8-a809-7e4e4d5bad81#overview