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) [XC463986]
by Sreekumar Chirukandoth from Ban Nai Chong 'pylon line forest', Thailand (flight call)
Violet Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus) [XC41091]
by Iain Woxvold from Near Sabang, Palawan, Philippines (?)
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).