Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis Scientific name definitions

19 cm; 30 g. Adult male bronze-washed dark coppery-brown above and on neck sides , outer rectrices white with subterminal black bars; chin, throat and centre of breast bright yellow, sides of throat and breast dark green, below barred buff and greenish brown; eye-ring yellowish green, iris yellow, bill greenish yellow, feet yellow. Female lacks green and yellow on throat, face and underparts finely barred rufous and dark brown; bill black, feet dull yellow. Juvenile barred greenish and buff above.

Clear flute-like whistle of 9–12 notes on same pitch, first the longest, accelerating and then fading away, series lasting c. 3 sec; also both sexes give 2-note whistle, second note lower, “dhuiit-tiu”. Sings all year.