Purple Cochoa
Cochoa purpureaHodgson, BH, 1836
English (US) Purple Cochoa
The Purple Cochoa (Cochoa purpurea) 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 Turdidae (Thrushes and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: montane forest of Himalayas from northern India (Uttarakhand) eastward to western Arunachal Pradesh and southern Assam hills, eastern Myanmar, south-central China (southern Sichuan and Yunnan), northwestern Thailand, northern Laos, and northern Vietnam (northern Tonkin)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cochoa purpurea
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Purple Cochoa
- Described by
- Hodgson, BH, 1836
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Hodgson, BH, 1836
- Type locality
- Nepal.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 5, no.54 p.359
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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