Chrysococcyx basalis

(Horsfield’s bronze cuckoo)

Description

This bird is usually found in savannah’s. This cuckoo is dull bronze in colour with a hint of green and brown, the underparts are whitish with dull bronze incomplete bars on either side, the tail is rusty-brown. Legs and feet grey, eyes red brown with a prominent stripe over the eye and the bill is dark. Photograph courtesy of Ian Montgomery, www.birdway.com.au