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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
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![Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus.jpg](/wiki/images/thumb/2/27/Phaenicophaeus_chlorophaeus.jpg/120px-Phaenicophaeus_chlorophaeus.jpg) |
Rhinortha chlorophaea |
Raffles's malkoha |
Malay Pen., Sumatra, and Borneo
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Image |
Scientific name |
Common Name |
Distribution
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![Ceuthmochares aereus by Francesco Veronesi.jpg](/wiki/images/thumb/7/76/Ceuthmochares_aereus_by_Francesco_Veronesi.jpg/120px-Ceuthmochares_aereus_by_Francesco_Veronesi.jpg) |
Ceuthmochares aereus |
Blue malkoha |
western and central Africa
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![Yellowbill.jpg](/wiki/images/thumb/d/d2/Yellowbill.jpg/120px-Yellowbill.jpg) |
Ceuthmochares australis |
Green malkoha |
Ethiopia and Somalia to Mozambique and South Africa
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Image |
Scientific name |
Common Name |
Distribution
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![Sirkeer Malkoha.jpg](/wiki/images/thumb/f/f6/Sirkeer_Malkoha.jpg/120px-Sirkeer_Malkoha.jpg) |
Taccocua leschenaultii |
Sirkeer malkoha |
Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka
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Image |
Scientific name |
Common Name |
Distribution
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![Red-billed Malkoha.jpg](/wiki/images/thumb/1/1b/Red-billed_Malkoha.jpg/120px-Red-billed_Malkoha.jpg) |
Zanclostomus javanicus |
Red-billed malkoha |
Malay Pen. and Greater Sundas
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Image |
Scientific name |
Common Name |
Distribution
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![Kadalan Sulawesi.JPG](/wiki/images/thumb/f/ff/Kadalan_Sulawesi.JPG/120px-Kadalan_Sulawesi.JPG) |
Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus |
Yellow-billed malkoha |
Sulawesi
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Image |
Scientific name |
Common Name |
Distribution
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Phaenicophaeus diardi |
Black-bellied malkoha |
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.
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![Phaenicophaeus sumatranus (adult) -Singapore-6.jpg](/wiki/images/thumb/5/57/Phaenicophaeus_sumatranus_%28adult%29_-Singapore-6.jpg/120px-Phaenicophaeus_sumatranus_%28adult%29_-Singapore-6.jpg) |
Phaenicophaeus sumatranus |
Chestnut-bellied malkoha |
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.
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![Blue-faced Malkoha crop.jpg](/wiki/images/thumb/4/45/Blue-faced_Malkoha_crop.jpg/120px-Blue-faced_Malkoha_crop.jpg) |
Phaenicophaeus viridirostris |
Blue-faced malkoha |
peninsular India and Sri Lanka.
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![Green-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis).jpg](/wiki/images/thumb/8/83/Green-billed_Malkoha_%28Phaenicophaeus_tristis%29.jpg/120px-Green-billed_Malkoha_%28Phaenicophaeus_tristis%29.jpg) |
Phaenicophaeus tristis |
Green-billed malkoha |
Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia
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![Chestnut-breasted Malkoha San Deigo Zoo 2009.jpg](/wiki/images/thumb/9/90/Chestnut-breasted_Malkoha_San_Deigo_Zoo_2009.jpg/120px-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
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![Red-faced Malkoha x.jpg](/wiki/images/thumb/0/0c/Red-faced_Malkoha_x.jpg/120px-Red-faced_Malkoha_x.jpg) |
Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus |
Red-faced malkoha |
Sri Lanka
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