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Male
Photo by Reini
Doi Inthanon National Park km 38, Northern Thailand, November 2006

Chrysococcyx maculatus

[edit] Identification

Size-18 cm.

Adult Male: Iridescent dark green head, upper-parts and upper breast together with white lower breast and belly marked with dark green barring diagnostic. Orbital skin orange; bill orange yellow with dark tip.

Sub-adult Male: Similar to adult male but entire underparts (including throat and breast) marked with white and dark green bars.

Female: Pale coppery green upperparts together with chestnut crown and nape diagnostic. Entire underparts barred.

In flight both sexes show white band on underwing, at base of flight feathers.

[edit] Distribution

The known breeding range extends from the Hamalayas east to Myanmar, northern Thailand and China; south of this range, sporadic occurances in India, Sri Lanka, South-east Asia, the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra fall mainly during the wintering periods and are therefore assumed to be either non-breeding vistors or vagrants due to the lack of evidence of breeding within this range.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Forest and forest edges.

[edit] Behaviour

Frequents the canopy and crown of tall trees. Other habits little known.

[edit] Vocalisation

Voice a sharp CHWEEK, usualy uttered in flight.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist

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