Cuckoos

African Emerald Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx cupreus

The African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus) is a 38 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Cuckoos

Order

Cuculiformes

Weight

38 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

28

Recorded in South Africa, Uganda, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Mozambique, Côte d'Ivoire, Eq. Guinea, Ethiopia, Malawi, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, eSwatini, Namibia, Liberia, Rwanda, Angola, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, Botswana, Central African Rep., Guinea.

Where to see it: São Tomé · Monte Café (São Tomé and Principe); São Tomé · Bom Sucesso Botanical Gardens (São Tomé and Principe); PN Obô de São Tomé · Lagoa Amélia trail (São Tomé and Principe); PN Obô de São Tomé · Monte Carmo (São Tomé and Principe); Lesio-Louna Reserve · Iboubikro and track to Mah (Republic of the Congo).

Photo: (c) Christiaan Viljoen, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist