- Cochoa azurea
Identification
23 cm (9 in)
Male
- Dark blue upperparts
- Blue crown and edges of upper wing-coverts and flight feathers
- Purplish-blue underparts
- Black iris, bill and legs
Female duller blue above and dark brown below.
Immature dull blue upperparts with brown wing-coverts, fawn underparts, speckled dark brown.
Distribution
Mountains of west and central Java.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Montane rainforests at heights around 900–3000 m.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of fruit and berries.
Breeding
There is little information. They build a cup nest.
Gallery
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Photo by James Eaton
Gunung Gede, West Java, Indonesia, April 2006
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2017)
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Javan Cochoa. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Javan_Cochoa
