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Cuculiformes / Cuculidae / Chrysococcyx

African Emerald Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx cupreus

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Cuculiformes
Family
Cuculidae
Genus
Chrysococcyx

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.