Birds of the World

    CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae (Cuckoos)  
Genus: Chrysococcyx (6 species)


Diederik Cuckoo
Diederik Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius) Male
Range: AF: widespread; also se Arabian Pen.
Kruger National Park, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Bernie DUPONT     Copyright and usage info

Diederik Cuckoo
Diederik Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius) Female
Range: AF: widespread; also se Arabian Pen.
Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Derek Keats     Copyright and usage info

Diederik Cuckoo
Diederik Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius) Immature
Range: AF: widespread; also se Arabian Pen.
Ndutu, Tanzania  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


African Emerald Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus)
Range: AF: Senegal and Gambia to South Sudan and Ethiopia, s to Angola and e South Africa
Kakum National Park, Ghana  
 
Photograph by Charles J. Sharp/Sharp Photography     Copyright and usage info


Yellow-throated Cuckoo
Yellow-throated Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx flavigularis)
Range: AF: Sierra Leone to Ghana, Cameroon to e DR Congo and Gabon
Bonkro, Ghana  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Klaas's Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas)
Range: AF, PAL: widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa. Also sw Arabian Pen.
South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


Asian Emerald Cuckoo
Asian Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus)
Range: OR: Himalayas to sc China and se Asia
Khao Yai National Park, Pak Chong, Thailand  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


Violet Cuckoo
Violet Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus xanthorhynchus)
Range: OR: ne India and se Asia to Philippines
Wat Chalermphrakiat, Nonthaburi, Thailand  
 
Photograph by Somchai Kanchanasut   © All Rights Reserved.



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