| African
Emerald Cuckoo |
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Bird Orders |
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Alternate name |
| Chrysococcyx cupreus |
Scientific name |
| Cuculiformes |
Order |
| Cuculidae |
Family |
| 18 - 22cm |
Length |
| Dry savanna, moist
lowland forest & shrubland, up to 3,000m in:- Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African
Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Rep. of
Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, [Gulf of Guinea Islands:-
Bioko, Sao Tome and Principe, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali,
Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. |
Habitat-Altitude-Range |
| 1 per host, incubation
13-15 days. Yound evict hosts eggs & young. |
Clutch |
| Insects, larvae,
mainly caterpillars. |
Food Diet |
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Habits |
| 1233 |
World Number |
Least
Concern |
Status |
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