Chrysococcyx cupreus

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Cuculiformes/Cuculidae/Chrysococcyx

At a glance

Occurrence records29 606

Data sources8

Biological traits25

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Chrysococcyx cupreus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation14 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility29 606 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources25 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF29 606 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

The African emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus) is a species of cuckoo that is native to Africa.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology13

Beak depth5.3 mm

Beak length (culmen)19.8 mm

Beak length (nares)11.9 mm

Beak width5.5 mm

Body mass37.85 g

Body mass (female)36.7 g

Body mass (male)37.8 g

Hand-wing index37.9

Kipp's distance39.4 mm

Secondary length64.8 mm

Tail length90.6 mm

Tarsus length15.8 mm

Wing length106 mm

Life cycle & reproduction1

Egg mass1.43 g

Diet & foraging7

Canopy80 %

Invertebrate80 %

Midhigh20 %

Seed10 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Vertebrate endotherm10 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size11 402 508 km²

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Chrysococcyx cupreus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type29 606 records

Wild obs. + sensor29 298

Museum / vouchered253

Other55

Origin

Native17

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO18 696 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy94% within 1 km

≤100 m 670≤1 km 143≤10 km 31>10 km 20

864 georeferenced · 28 434 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor29 298

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy61% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 26≤10 km 4>10 km 14

46 georeferenced · 207 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence253

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions19 of 28 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
MRAClocation not on record	115
Brussels, BE	22
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	16
Copenhagen, DK	14
Bonn, DE	12
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropicallocation not on record	11
Geneva, CH	10
South Kensington, GB	9
Philadelphia, US	6
NHMOlocation not on record	5
Ann Arbor, US	5
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record	3
Toronto, CA	3
Bourges, FR	2
Seattle, US	2
Louisiana State University, Museum of Zoologylocation not on record	2
Wuzhou, CN	1
Chicago, US	1
Cambridge, US	1
Vancouver, CA	1
	1
Washington State University, Charles R. Conner Museumlocation not on record	1
Salzburg, AT	1
Barcelona, ES	1
Edmonton, CA	1
New Haven, US	1
Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record	1
Moore Laboratory of Zoology, Occidental Collegelocation not on record	1

28 institutions · 249 of 253 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code

At a glance

Sources8 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction1

Diet & foraging7

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

Record type29 606 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions19 of 28 geolocated

Record type29 606 records