Prakruti Parichay
CuculidaeChrysococcyx

Asian Emerald Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx maculatus

18–18 cmSmall
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Summer visitor. mainly to E Himalayas. NE India and Bangladesh; winter visitor to Andamans and Nicobars. II Male has emerald-green upperparts. Female has rufous - orange crown and nape and unbarred bronze-green mantle and wings. Has yellow bill with dark tip. Juvenile similar to female, but with rufous barred upperparts and rufous - orange wash to throat and breast. Usually keeps to the leafy canopy of tall trees, but on arrival in spring often flies a bout conspicuously. Very active, moving rapidly from branch to branch and making sallies to capture flying insects. Has a habit of perching along a branch, rather than across it. Flight is fast and direct Evergreen forest.

Colour

Rufous / Red-brownGreenOrangeYellow
Average size
18 cm
Habitat
Flight is fast and direct Evergreen forest.
Behaviour
Summer visitor., Usually keeps to the leafy canopy of tall trees, but on arrival in spring often flies a bout conspicuously. Very active, moving rapidly from branch to branch and making sallies to capture flying insects. Has a habit of perching along a branch, rather than across it.

About this bird

Summer visitor. mainly to E Himalayas. NE India and Bangladesh; winter visitor to Andamans and Nicobars. II Male has emerald-green upperparts. Female has rufous - orange crown and nape and unbarred bronze-green mantle and wings. Has yellow bill with dark tip. Juvenile similar to female, but with rufous barred upperparts and rufous - orange wash to throat and breast. Usually keeps to the leafy canopy of tall trees, but on arrival in spring often flies a bout conspicuously. Very active, moving rapidly from branch to branch and making sallies to capture flying insects. Has a habit of perching along a branch, rather than across it. Flight is fast and direct Evergreen forest.

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Asian Emerald Cuckoo is bigger than Brandt's Mountain Finch but smaller than Brown Shrike.

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Asian Emerald Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx maculatus

18–18 cm