Biology:Malkoha

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Short description: Genus of birds

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
Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus.jpg Rhinortha chlorophaea Raffles's malkoha Malay Pen., Sumatra, and Borneo
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Ceuthmochares aereus by Francesco Veronesi.jpg Ceuthmochares aereus Blue malkoha western and central Africa
Yellowbill.jpg Ceuthmochares australis Green malkoha Ethiopia and Somalia to Mozambique and South Africa
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Sirkeer Malkoha.jpg Taccocua leschenaultii Sirkeer malkoha Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka
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Red-billed Malkoha.jpg Zanclostomus javanicus Red-billed malkoha Malay Pen. and Greater Sundas
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Kadalan Sulawesi.JPG Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus Yellow-billed malkoha Sulawesi
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Phaenicophaeus diardi Black-bellied malkoha Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.
Phaenicophaeus sumatranus (adult) -Singapore-6.jpg Phaenicophaeus sumatranus Chestnut-bellied malkoha Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.
Blue-faced Malkoha crop.jpg Phaenicophaeus viridirostris Blue-faced malkoha peninsular India and Sri Lanka.
Green-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis).jpg Phaenicophaeus tristis Green-billed malkoha Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia
Chestnut-breasted Malkoha San Deigo Zoo 2009.jpg Phaenicophaeus curvirostris Chestnut-breasted malkoha Southeast Asia from Myanmar through to eastern Java, the Philippines and Borneo
Red-faced Malkoha x.jpg Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus Red-faced malkoha Sri Lanka
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Red-crested-malkoha.jpg Dasylophus superciliosus Rough-crested malkoha northern Philippines
Scaled-feather-malkoha.jpg Dasylophus cumingi Scale-feathered malkoha northern Philippines