Violet Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus - Coucou violet

Coucou violet
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Cuculiformes

  • Family
    :

    Cuculidés

  • Genus
    :

    Chrysococcyx

  • Species
    :

    xanthorhynchus

Descriptor

Horsfield, 1821

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 16 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Coucou violet
♂ immature
Coucou violet
♀

Violet Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus) is a species of bird in the Cuculidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus xanthorhynchus (ne India to se Asia, Greater Sundas and Palawan)
  • Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus amethystinus (Philippines)

Foreign names

  • Coucou violet,
  • Cuclillo violeta,
  • cuco-violeta,
  • Amethystkuckuck,
  • ibolyaszínű rézkakukk,
  • Amethistkoekoek,
  • Cuculo viola,
  • violglansgök,
  • Ametystgjøk,
  • kukučka ametystová,
  • kukačka ametystová,
  • Violet Bronzegøg,
  • ametistikäki,
  • cucut violaci,
  • kukułeczka ametystowa,
  • Аметистовая кукушка,
  • Kedasi ungu,
  • スミレテリカッコウ,
  • 紫金鹃,
  • นกคัคคูสีม่วง,
  • 紫金鵑,

Voice song and call

Coucou violet
♂ adult

Habitat

Coucou violet
♂

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Rural Gardens

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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