Little Bronze-cuckoo (Chalcites minutillus) | Details

Little Bronze-cuckoo Chalcites minutillus

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Chalcites minutillus (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously placed in the genus Chrysococcyx and split as C. minutillus (Payne 1997, 2005) and C. russatus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993). Prior to that, C. minutillus was split as C. minutillus and C. rufomerus following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2020	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2014	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	19 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	15,800,000 km²
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	15,700,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.87 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as common to uncomon (del Hoyo et al. 1997).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Australia	extant	native	yes
Cambodia	extant	native	yes
Indonesia	extant	native	yes
Malaysia	extant	native	yes
Papua New Guinea	extant	native	yes
Philippines	extant	native	yes
Singapore	extant	native	yes
Thailand	extant	native	yes
Timor-Leste	extant	native	yes
Vietnam	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 1400 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Little Bronze-cuckoo Chalcites minutillus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/little-bronze-cuckoo-chalcites-minutillus on 04/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 04/12/2024.