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title: "Little Bronze Cuckoo"
description: "Chalcites minutillus — Vogels. The little bronze cuckoo (Chalcites minutillus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/little-bronze-cuckoo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Little Bronze Cuckoo

> Chalcites minutillus — Vogels. The little bronze cuckoo (Chalcites minutillus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.

- Scientific name: *Chalcites minutillus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 997
- iNaturalist taxon: [369157](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/369157)

## Names

- en: Little Bronze Cuckoo
- de: Kleiner Bronzekuckuck
- es: Cuclillo Menudo
- fr: Coucou menu

## Countries with the most observations

AU (554), SG (137), MY (86), TH (63), ID (56), PH (28), PG (8), TL (6)

## Summary

The little bronze cuckoo (Chalcites minutillus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Chrysococcyx. It is a common brood parasite of birds from the genus Geryone. This cuckoo is found in Southeast Asia, New Guinea and some parts of Australia, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is the world's smallest cuckoo. The pied bronze cuckoo was formerly considered to be a subspecies. Other common names for the little bronze cuckoo include the red-eyed bronze cuckoo and the Malay green cuckoo. It has 11 subspecies which are generally recognized.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_bronze_cuckoo

## Photo

![Little Bronze Cuckoo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/little-bronze-cuckoo/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stuart · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/344146854

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/little-bronze-cuckoo?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).