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

Chrysococcyx maculatus

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.

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.

Taxonomy

The species is monotypic.^[1]

Habitat

Forest and forest edges.

Behaviour

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

Vocalisation

Voice a sharp CHWEEK, usualy uttered in flight.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.

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External Links

• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages