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Species
Chrysococcyx meyeri Salvadori, 1874
Nomenclature
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Family: CuculidaeGenus: Chrysococcyx
Species:
Chrysococcyx meyeri Salvadori, 1874
Usage:
valid
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
White-eared Bronze Cuckoo, Meyer's Bronze-cuckoo, Mountain Bronze-cuckoo
Media
SUMMARY
Adult glossy green above, crown green, ear- coverts white, female with chestnut forecrown; white below with prominent glossy green barring, undertail black with white bars on inner webs of outer feathers; large rufous patch on flight- feathers; eye- ring red in male to grey in female, iris pale brown to grey- brown, darker on inner rim, bill black, feet blue- grey. Juvenile grey- brown above, head grey, tail rufous- grey with dark grey near tip, grey below, iris brown, feet light brown. Voice: Song 5- 8 high- pitched clear notes, “peer peer peer ...”, dropping slightly in pitch, final note preceded by a pause; also a complex song of 4 pairs of downslurred notes, the pairs rising and falling.