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ForestCup nestMedium · 120 g
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This Himalayan thrush is moss green. The male has a blue crown, blue wings and tail with a broad black band on the tail. The female has a more greenish body with some rusty spots on the wing coverts. The secondaries and tertiaries have the base of the outer webs yellowish brown with very narrow blue edging, unlike in the male. In some plumages there is a white collar on the sides of the neck. This form was once described as a new species Cochoa rothschildi. First year birds have dark shaft streaks on the body feathers.
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When to see the Green Cochoa
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Green Cochoa
The map shades 8 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Green Cochoa
The green cochoa is a bird species that was variously placed with the thrushes of family Turdidae or the related Muscicapidae. It is considered closer to the former.
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Easily confused with
Purple CochoaCochoa purpureaThis bird appears dark in the shade of the forest and the colours become clear only when it is lit by the sun.
Javan CochoaCochoa azureaThe Javan cochoa is a species of bird in the family Turdidae.
Sumatran CochoaCochoa beccariiThe Sumatran cochoa is a species of bird in the family Turdidae.
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