The cochoas (from ''cocho'', Nepali for '' Cochoa purpurea'') are medium-sized frugivorous, insectivorous and molluscivorous

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...

s in the genus ''Cochoa''. Their bright contrasting plumage patterns, sexual dimorphism and feeding habits made their systematic position difficult to ascertain in early times,

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placed them with the Prionopidae in 1879 while many considered them as some kind of aberrant thrush. The genus was previously included in the

Old World flycatcher The Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia), with the exception of several vagrants and two species, Bluethroat (''Luscinia svecica)'' and Northe ...

family Muscicapidae but molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that it is more closely related to the thrush family Turdidae.

Species

These are southeast

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n forest-dwelling species, often found near water. The genus contains the following species: Cô Cô Xanh chim mái (femal)

References

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