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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== |
Revision as of 10:48, 19 July 2007
- 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.