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Asian emerald cuckoo

Chrysococcyx maculatus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The Asian emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh 25 g to 30 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Asian emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus)
Photo: Somchai Kanchanasut from Bangkok, Thailand · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the Asian emerald cuckoo

Weight
25 g – 30 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the Asian emerald cuckoo

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Asian emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus)
JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the Asian emerald cuckoo live?

Not recorded

What is the Asian emerald cuckoo?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Asian emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

From the Wikipedia article “Asian emerald cuckoo” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asian_emerald_cuckoo&oldid=1314000667), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the Asian emerald cuckoo endangered?

The Asian emerald cuckoo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the Asian emerald cuckoo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCuculiformes
  5. familyCuculidae
  6. genusChrysococcyx
  7. SpeciesChrysococcyx maculatus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Synonyms Chalchites maculatus, Chalcites maculatus, Trogon maculatus

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • وقواق الزمرد الآسيويArabic
  • পান্না কোকিলBangla
  • cucut maragda asiàticCatalan
  • kukačka smaragdováCzech
  • Grøn BronzegøgDanish
  • PrachtkuckuckGerman
  • smeralda kukoloEsperanto
  • Cuclillo esmeralda asiáticoSpanish
  • smaragdkäguEstonian
  • jadekäkiFinnish
  • himalajankäkiFinnish
  • Coucou émeraudeFrench
  • Cuach bhreacuaineIrish
  • smaragdna kukavicaCroatian
  • ázsiai rézkakukkHungarian
  • Kedasi zamrudIndonesian
  • Cuculo smeraldino asiaticoItalian
  • ミドリテリカッコウJapanese
  • dryžoji bronzinė gegutėLithuanian
  • Gevlekte BronskoekoekDutch
  • beryllgjøkNorwegian
  • kukułeczka szmaragdowaPolish
  • cuco-esmeraldino-asiáticoPortuguese
  • Изумрудная кукушкаRussian
  • Изумрудная бронзовая кукушкаRussian
  • kukučka smaragdováSlovak
  • Azijska smaragdna kukavicaSerbian
  • beryllglansgökSwedish
  • asiatisk glansgökSwedish
  • นกคัคคูมรกตThai
  • Asya Zümrüt GuguğuTurkish
  • дідрик смарагдовийUkrainian
  • 翠金鵑Chinese
  • 翠金鹃Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the Asian emerald cuckoo

Other species in the same genus Chrysococcyx.

LC, Least Concern
Violet cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus)

Violet cuckoo

Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus

Cuculidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the Asian emerald cuckoo?

An adult Asian emerald cuckoo weighs 25 g – 30 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the Asian emerald cuckoo endangered?

The Asian emerald cuckoo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the Asian emerald cuckoo?

The Asian emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus) belongs to the family Cuculidae in the order Cuculiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Asian emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/asian-emerald-cuckoo

MLA

“Asian emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/asian-emerald-cuckoo.

BibTeX
@misc{asian_emerald_cuckoo_2026,
  title = {Asian emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/asian-emerald-cuckoo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}