Chrysococcyx
Chrysococcyx is a genus of cuckoos in the family Cuculidae.
Taxonomy
The genus Chrysococcyx was erected by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the African emerald cuckoo as the type species. The name Chrysococcyx comes from the Ancient Greek words χρυσος, meaning "gold", and κοκκυξ, meaning "cuckoo".A group of Australo-Papuan taxa that were formerly included in this genus are now placed in the genus Chalcites.
The genus contains the following species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
| Chrysococcyx caprius | Diederik cuckoo | Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Arabia | |
| Chrysococcyx cupreus | African emerald cuckoo | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Chrysococcyx flavigularis | Yellow-throated cuckoo | African tropical rainforest | |
| Chrysococcyx klaas | Klaas's cuckoo | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Chrysococcyx maculatus | Asian emerald cuckoo | southern Himalayas, China and Indochina | |
| Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus | Violet cuckoo | northeast India and Southeast Asia |