About the Asian Emerald Cuckoo
The Asian emerald cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
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The Asian emerald cuckoo grows to a length of about 18 cm (7 in). The adult male has an iridescent dark green head, upper parts and upper breast, a white lower breast and a green barred belly. Bare skin round the eye is orange and the beak is orange/yellow tipped with black. The adult female has coppery-green upper parts, rusty brown crown and nape and green-barred underparts. Both sexes show a white band on the underwing when in flight. The underparts of the juvenile male lack the white lower breast and are more heavily barred.
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in April · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Yellow-throated CuckooChrysococcyx flavigularisThe yellow-throated cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.
Violet CuckooChrysococcyx xanthorhynchusThe males have glossy violet feathers on the head and upper parts of the body.
African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreusThe African emerald cuckoo is sexually dimorphic.
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