Cuckoos (Cuculidae)

Asian Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus) - HBW 4, p. 564

French: Coucou émeraude German: Prachtkuckuck Spanish: Cuclillo Esmeralda Asiático
Other common names: Oriental/Asiatic Emerald Cuckoo, Emerald Cuckoo

Taxonomy: Trogon maculatus J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Sri Lanka.
Asian and Australasian forms of Chrysococcyx sometimes placed in genus Chalcites. Monotypic.

Distribution: Himalayas from about Garhwal E through Nepal, Assam, Manipur, Bangladesh, SE Tibet and SC China (Sichuan, Yunnan), S to Myanmar, NW Thailand and C Vietnam; also Andaman and Nicobar Is, but possibly only non-breeding visitor to latter. Winters S to N Vietnam and Malay Peninsula, with apparently small numbers reaching Sumatra.

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