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[[Image:African_Emerald_Cuckoo.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Jan Van den Broeck.<br>Photo taken: St. Lucia, [[South Africa]].]] | [[Image:African_Emerald_Cuckoo.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Jan Van den Broeck.<br>Photo taken: St. Lucia, [[South Africa]].]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
+ | 21-23cm. Bright green upperparts, white underwing edged brown, sulphur yellow underparts, tail feathers tipped white, orange eye, horn coloured bill. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
+ | [[Africa]]. | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
+ | Evergreen and riverine forests. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
+ | The diet includes caterpillars. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Chrysococcyx+cupreus}} | {{GSearch|Chrysococcyx+cupreus}} | ||
− | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Chrysococcyx]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Chrysococcyx]][[category:incomplete]] |
Revision as of 15:24, 3 October 2008
- Chrysococcyx cupreus
Identification
21-23cm. Bright green upperparts, white underwing edged brown, sulphur yellow underparts, tail feathers tipped white, orange eye, horn coloured bill.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Habitat
Evergreen and riverine forests.
Behaviour
The diet includes caterpillars.