Asian Emerald Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx maculatus(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) Asian Emerald Cuckoo
The Asian Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus) 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: India to southern China, southeastern Asia, Sumatra, and Andaman and Nicobar islandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chrysococcyx maculatus
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Asian Emerald Cuckoo
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trogon maculatus
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- Ceylon.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.404
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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