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title: "Shining Bronze Cuckoo"
description: "Chalcites lucidus — Vogels. The shining bronze cuckoo or pīpīwharauroa (Chalcites lucidus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae, found in Australia, Indonesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/shining-bronze-cuckoo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Shining Bronze Cuckoo

> Chalcites lucidus — Vogels. The shining bronze cuckoo or pīpīwharauroa (Chalcites lucidus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae, found in Australia, Indonesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.

- Scientific name: *Chalcites lucidus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3453
- Wikidata: [Q28108978](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28108978)
- iNaturalist taxon: [893342](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/893342)

## Names

- en: Shining Bronze Cuckoo
- de: Bronzekuckuck
- es: Cuclillo Bronceado
- fr: Coucou éclatant

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1968), NZ (851), NC (29), ID (6), PG (5)

## Summary

The shining bronze cuckoo or pīpīwharauroa (Chalcites lucidus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae, found in Australia, Indonesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. It was formerly placed in the genus Chrysococcyx.
It is a very small cuckoo, being only 13 to 18 cm (5.1 to 7.1 in) in length, and parasitises chiefly dome-shaped nests of various Gerygone species, having a range that largely corresponds with the distribution of that genus. It may also parasitise other Acanthizidae species, and is also the most southerly ranging brood parasitic bird species in the world…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Sam JV · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105585404

## Machine access

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