Subspecies Chalcites minutillus russatus (Gould, 1868)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chrysococcyx russatus Gould, J. 1868. On two new Australian birds. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868: 74-76 [76] [as russata, corrected under ICZN Arts. 32(c) & (d)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1881.5.1.1952 adult, Somerset, Cape York Peninsula, QLD (as Cape-York district of Queensland); BMNH no. unspecified unsexed (3 specimens), Somerset, Cape York Peninsula, QLD (as Cape-York district of Queensland)
  Comment: for identification of syntypes, see Shelley, G.E. 1891. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Picariae-Cuculidae. London : British Museum Vol. 19 xii 484 pp. 13 pls (300); Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp.; Parker, S.A. 1981. Prolegomenon to further studies in the Chrysococcyx "malayanus" group (Aves, Cuculidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen 187: 1–56.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cape York Peninsula south on west coast to Mitchell River, and NE QLD south on east coast to Broad Sound, and inland to Hann River and coast scarps of Great Dividing Range—also islands in SW Torres Strait (Moa, Booby, Prince of Wales) and off east coast (Dunk, Hinchinbrook).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, arthropod-feeder, closed forest, diurnal, mangrove, open forest, sedentary, territorial, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Randomly dispersed, seasonal breeder, solitary or in dispersed groups in and on edges of closed forest, feeds by perch-and-pounce sallying, taking insects and their larvae from foliage, flies directly in shallow undulations, breeding males appear to hold territories and court by insistent calling, chasing, and courtship feeding, brood parasite parasitizing mainly species of Gerygone Gould, 1841, lays plain olive-bronze eggs.

 

General References

Brooker, M.G. & Brooker, L.C. 1989. Cuckoo hosts in Australia. Australian Zoological Reviews 2: 1-67 (nidification)

Ford, J. 1981. Hybridization and migration in Australian populations of the Little and Rufous-breasted Bronze-Cuckoos. The Emu 81: 209-222 [publication dated as 1869] (distribution)

Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pts 1-5 499 +xii pp. pls 325-370. (morphology, nidification)

North, A.J. 1912. Nests and Eggs of Birds Found Breeding in Australia and Tasmania. Sydney : Australian Museum Spec. Cat. 1 Vol. 3 vii 362 pp. (nidification)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Sep-2018	CUCULIDAE	09-Aug-2018	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)