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 LC    Violet Cuckoo* Id (Atlas):
    Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus

Description (10)
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Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
16.50 - 17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Horsfield, 1821)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, mangroves, rural gardens, plantations. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)
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).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
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Violet Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus) [XC37609]
     by Paul Farrell from Tmat Boey, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia (song)

 
Violet Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus) [XC756614]
     by Okamoto Keita Sin from Dairy Farm Nature Park, Singapore, Singapore (call, flight call)

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).
  • amethystinus (Vigors, 1831)   -  Philippines (Basilan, Cebu, Luzon, Mindoro, Samar, Mindanao, Catanduanes).



References
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Files:
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