The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy
Author
Bishop, K. David
text
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club
2023
2023-03-06
143
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journal article
298463
10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2
6028cf6b-e944-40d1-b774-7caa1c970409
2513-9894
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LITTLE BRONZE CUCKOO
Chalcites minutillus
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Range
C. m.
misoriensis
Biak.
Status
Biak endemic subspecies. Long known only from the female
holotype
taken by Beccari in
May 1875
at Korrido (Salvadori 1875). However, recently, there has been a few observations of this taxon.
26 August 2007
: one in southern Biak (Bengtsson 2007);
20 July 2009
: one near Warafri (H. Matheve, eBird checklist S64759629);
8 November 2017
: one in central-south Biak (A. Walker, eBird checklist S46415300);
27 September 2018
: five near Warafri (J. Mazenauer, eBird checklist S48773694).