African Emerald Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx cupreus

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Cuculiformes
Family
Cuculidae
Genus
Chrysococcyx
eBird Code
afecuc1

Distribution

Senegal and Gambia to South Sudan and Ethiopia, southwards to Angola and eastern South Africa

Vocalizations

Robert Taylor · CC_BY_4_0
Robert Taylor · CC_BY_4_0
Shaun Swanepoel · CC_BY_4_0

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.