Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx sp. parasitises Green-backed Honeyeater Glycichaera fallax

Abstract

An observation is described of a Green-backed Honeyeater (Glycichaera fallax) acting as foster parent to a fledgling bronze-cuckoo Chrysococcyx sp. 15 km south of Vanimo, West Sepik Province. This is possibly the first record of this species being parasitised by a cuckoo.