Cochoa Cochoa

Cochoa - Definition and Overview

Cochoas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus

Cochoa
Hodgson, 1836

The cochoas are medium-sized insectivorous and molluscivorous birds in the genus Cochoa. They were formerly in the thrush family Turdidae, but are more often now treated as part of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

These are southeast Asian forest-dwelling species, often found near water.

  • Purple Cochoa, Cochoa purpurea
  • Green Cochoa, Cochoa viridis
  • Sumatran Cochoa, Cochoa beccarii
  • Javan Cochoa, Cochoa azurea
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