Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo
Chalcites basalis
(L 6.7" Wt 0.77 oz)
Little Desert Nature Lodge
31Oct2015
Common across Australia
...parasitises the nests of fairy-wrens
who work in groups to chase it away.
Five species of Bronze-
Cuckoos are identified.
I hear you’re such a lazy bird,
You cannot build a nest;
Perhaps you could, if you would try
We ought to do our best.
(Unknown)
© Marc
Anderson
xeno-canto
Chalcites is Greek for copper
containing; basalis is Mod Latin
for base.