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) [XC665372]
by Louis A. Hansen from Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Singapore, Singapore (call)
Violet Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus) [XC819317]
by Greg Irving from Dairy Farm Nature Park, Singapore, Singapore (song)
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).