Bangladesh, Bhutan (B), Brunei Darussalam, China (mainland), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines (B), Singapore (B), Thailand, Vietnam.
Vagrant to Cambodia.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Violet Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus) [XC189641]
by Frank Lambert from Semenggoh forest reserve, Sarawak, Malaysia (flight call)
Violet Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus) [XC802981]
by Kim Chuah Lim from San Khala Kiri national park, Thailand (call, subsong)
Subspecies
Asian and Australasian forms of Chrysococcyx sometimes placed in genus Chalcites.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
xanthorhynchus (Horsfield, 1821) - North-eastern India and Bangladesh east to Myanmar, Thailand and south-central China (Yunnan), and south through Malay Peninsula and Indochina to Greater Sundas and south-western Philippines (Palawan).