Chrysococcyx is a genus of cuckoos in the family Cuculidae.
Taxonomy The genus Chrysococcyx was erected by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the African emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus) as the type species. The name Chrysococcyx comes from the Ancient Greek words χρυσος (khrusos), meaning "gold", and κοκκυξ (kokkux), meaning "cuckoo".
A group of Australo-Papuan taxa that were formerly included in this genus are now placed in the genus Chalcites.
The genus contains the following species:
Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Chrysococcyx caprius Diederik cuckoo Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Arabia Chrysococcyx cupreus African emerald cuckoo Sub-Saharan Africa Chrysococcyx flavigularis Yellow-throated cuckoo African tropical rainforest Chrysococcyx klaas Klaas's cuckoo Sub-Saharan Africa Chrysococcyx maculatus Asian emerald cuckoo southern Himalayas, China and Indochina Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus Violet cuckoo northeast India and Southeast Asia
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