StatusNative
RarityCommon
Height16 cm
Weight23 g
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"The shining bronze cuckoo is the world's most southerly breeding cuckoo species."
Field Guide
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
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The shining bronze cuckoo, or pīpīwharauroa in Māori, is a small, dazzling summer visitor to New Zealand. About the size of a house sparrow, this jewel-like bird often enchants listeners with its distinctive, whistling call as it flits through the forest canopy.
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