Biology:Malkoha

Malkohas are large birds in the cuckoo family Cuculidae. The group name is derived from the Sinhala word for the red-faced malkoha; mal-koha meaning flower-cuckoo. These are all tropical species.

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
120px	Rhinortha chlorophaea	Raffles's malkoha	Malay Pen., Sumatra, and Borneo

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
120px	Ceuthmochares aereus	Blue malkoha	western and central Africa
120px	Ceuthmochares australis	Green malkoha	Ethiopia and Somalia to Mozambique and South Africa

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
120px	Taccocua leschenaultii	Sirkeer malkoha	Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
120px	Zanclostomus javanicus	Red-billed malkoha	Malay Pen. and Greater Sundas

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
120px	Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus	Yellow-billed malkoha	Sulawesi

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Phaenicophaeus diardi	Black-bellied malkoha	Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.
120px	Phaenicophaeus sumatranus	Chestnut-bellied malkoha	Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.
120px	Phaenicophaeus viridirostris	Blue-faced malkoha	peninsular India and Sri Lanka.
120px	Phaenicophaeus tristis	Green-billed malkoha	Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia
120px	Phaenicophaeus curvirostris	Chestnut-breasted malkoha	Southeast Asia from Myanmar through to eastern Java, the Philippines and Borneo
120px	Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus	Red-faced malkoha	Sri Lanka

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
120px	Dasylophus superciliosus	Rough-crested malkoha	northern Philippines
120px	Dasylophus cumingi	Scale-feathered malkoha	northern Philippines