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Kingdom
  
Genus
  
Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Family
  
Cuculidae

Scientific name
  
Chrysococcyx minutillus

Higher classification
  
Chrysococcyx

Order
  
Cuculiformes

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Similar
  
Shining bronze cuckoo, Horsfield's bronze cuckoo, Chrysococcyx, Brush cuckoo, Channel‑billed cuckoo

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The little bronze cuckoo (Chrysococcyx minutillus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Southeast Asia, New Guinea and northern and eastern Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. This is the world's smallest cuckoo, at 17 grams and 15 cm (6 in). The subspecies rufomerus and crassirostris are sometimes given specific status.

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Subspecies

Subspecies accepted by the International Ornithologists' Union as of 2014 are:

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  • C. m. peninsularis S.A.Parker, 1981 – southern Thailand and the Malay Peninsula
  • C. m. albifrons (Junge, 1938)Sumatra and western Java
  • C. m. aheneus (Junge, 1938)Borneo and the southern Philippines
  • C. m. jungei (Stresemann, 1938)Sulawesi, Flores and Madu Island
  • C. m. rufomerus Hartert, 1900 (green-cheeked bronze cuckoo) – Lesser Sunda Islands
  • C. m. crassirostris (Salvadori, 1878) (pied bronze cuckoo) – Maluku and Tanimbar Islands
  • C. m. salvadorii (Hartert & Stresemann, 1925)Babar Islands
  • C. m. misoriensis (Salvadori, 1876)Biak (Schouten Islands)
  • C. m. poecilurus G.R.Gray, 1862 – coastal New Guinea and northern Queensland
  • C. m. minutillus Gould, 1859 – northern Australia
  • C. m. barnardi Mathews, 1912 – eastern Australia

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    References

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