Talk:Shining bronze cuckoo

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Did you know... that the pigment on the dark-coloured eggs of the parasitic Shining Bronze Cuckoo (pictured) rubs off easily?

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Paper to include[edit]

Attisano, Alfredo; Thiel, Felix; Sato, Nozomu; Okahisa, Yuji; Bolopo, Diana; Tanaka, Keita D.; Kuehn, Ralph; Gula, Roman; Ueda, Keisuke; Theuerkauf, Jörn (28 August 2018). "Breeding biology of the Fan-tailed Gerygone Gerygone flavolateralis in relation to parasitism by the Shining Bronze-cuckoo Chalcites lucidus". Journal of Ornithology. 160 (1): 91–103. doi:10.1007/s10336-018-1592-6. Sabine's Sunbird talk 19:39, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Splitting/lumping[edit]

Ok, C & B summarises some of the background, which gives a start on which papers to look at. (Heck, if we're gonna split later, this will make it easier, as I did with Australian boobook recently...Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:53, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]