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Horsfield's bronze cuckoo
Chalcites basalis · Family Cuculidae
Chalcites basalis
Family Cuculidae
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 137,223
- Countries and territories with records
- 14
About this species
This species has 137,223 occurrence records from 14 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.5% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.12% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Chalcites basalis combines the genus name Chalcites with the species epithet basalis. The Warbla app catalog lists 7 species of the genus Chalcites; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Chalcites lucidus, Chalcites minutillus and Chalcites osculans.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 144 species of the family Cuculidae. This species ranks 21st among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Cuculus canorus. Its record count is 1.5 times the family average (90,374). The family Cuculidae belongs to the order Cuculiformes, which has 146 species in the Warbla app catalog.