Biology:Ceuthmochares

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Short description: Genus of birds


Ceuthmochares
Yellowbill.jpg
Green malkoha (Ceuthmochares australis)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Ceuthmochares
Cabanis & Heine, 1863
Type species
Cuculus aereus[1]
Vieillot, 1817

Ceuthmochares is a genus of 2 species of cuckoos in the family Cuculidae. The two species were once treated as a single species, known as the yellowbill. Both species are found in evergreen forest in Africa. Although they are cuckoos they are not brood parasites. This indicates that they do not lay their eggs in the nests of other bird species.

Species

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Ceuthmochares aereus by Francesco Veronesi.jpg Ceuthmochares aereus Blue malkoha African tropical rainforest
Yellowbill.jpg Ceuthmochares australis Green malkoha littoral areas of eastern Africa, from Kenya to South Africa

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1976419 entry