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| | [[Image:Asian_Emerald_Cuckoo.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Reini]] | | [[Image:Asian_Emerald_Cuckoo.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Reini]] |
| | ==Description== | | ==Description== |
| | + | Size-18cm.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.(picture of Male) |
| | + | Sub-adult-Male-..like 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. |
| | + | Voice-A sharp Chweek,usualy uttered in flight. |
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| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | ==Distribution & Taxonomy== | | ==Distribution & Taxonomy== |
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- Chrysococcyx maculatus
Description
Size-18cm.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.(picture of Male)
Sub-adult-Male-..like 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.
Voice-A sharp Chweek,usualy uttered in flight.
Identification
Distribution & Taxonomy
Habitat
Behaviour
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