Green Cochoa

How to identify

Field marks

1. Moss-green overall
2. Male has a blue crown
3. Blue wings and tail, with a broad black band on the tail
4. Some plumages have a white collar on the sides of the neck

Male, female and young

Female has a greener body and some rusty spots on the wing coverts; first-year birds have dark shaft streaks on the body feathers.

Voice

Song is a thin, clear “feeeee” that slowly fades away; calls include a short, high-pitched “pok” and grating sounds.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: March · Most records: Thailand, Vietnam, India

Green Cochoa has been recorded at 59 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 8 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Doi Inthanon NP – Mae Ouam (Km 34.5)Thailand152 records
2. Doi Inthanon NPThailand117 records
3. Doi Inthanon NP – Jeep Track (Km 37.5)Thailand104 records

Countries and regions with the most records

ThailandVietnamIndiaCambodiaChinaBhutanLaosMyanmar (Burma)

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The green cochoa (Cochoa viridis) is a bird species that was variously placed with the thrushes of family Turdidae or the related Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers). It is considered closer to the former.

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