African Emerald Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx cupreus(Shaw, G, 1792)
English (US) African Emerald Cuckoo
The African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cuculidae (Cuckoos) in the order Cuculiformes.
Range: Senegal and Gambia to South Sudan and Ethiopia, southwards to Angola and eastern South AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- African Emerald Cuckoo
- Described by
- (Shaw, G, 1792)
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Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Cuculus cupreus
- Described by
- (Shaw, G, 1792)
- Type locality
- 'Most probably an African bird' = Africa, restricted to Gambia by Grant antea, p. 419.
- Original description
- Museum Leverianum, containing select specimens from the museum of the late Sir Ashton Lever (etc.) 1, no.4 p.157
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Klaas's Cuckoo
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Yellow-throated Cuckoo
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Long-billed Cuckoo
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Black-eared Cuckoo
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Rufous-throated Bronze Cuckoo
Chalcites ruficollis
Shining Bronze Cuckoo
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White-eared Bronze Cuckoo
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