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Malkoha

Genus of birds


Summary

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.

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
[[File:Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus.jpg120px]] Rhinortha chlorophaeaRaffles's malkohaMalay Pen., Sumatra, and Borneo
ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
[[File:Ceuthmochares aereus by Francesco Veronesi.jpg120px]]Ceuthmochares aereusBlue malkohawestern and central Africa
[[File:Yellowbill.jpg120px]]Ceuthmochares australisGreen malkohaEthiopia and Somalia to Mozambique and South Africa
ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
[[File:Sirkeer Malkoha.jpg120px]]Taccocua leschenaultiiSirkeer malkohaPakistan, India and Sri Lanka
ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
[[File:Red-billed Malkoha.jpg120px]]Zanclostomus javanicusRed-billed malkohaMalay Pen. and Greater Sundas
ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
[[File:Kadalan Sulawesi.JPG120px]]Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchusYellow-billed malkohaSulawesi
ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Phaenicophaeus diardiBlack-bellied malkohaBrunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.
[[File:Phaenicophaeus sumatranus (adult) -Singapore-6.jpg120px]]Phaenicophaeus sumatranusChestnut-bellied malkohaBrunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.
[[File:Blue-faced Malkoha crop.jpg120px]]Phaenicophaeus viridirostrisBlue-faced malkohapeninsular India and Sri Lanka.
[[File:Green-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis).jpg120px]]Phaenicophaeus tristisGreen-billed malkohaIndian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia
[[File:Chestnut-breasted Malkoha San Deigo Zoo 2009.jpg120px]]Phaenicophaeus curvirostrisChestnut-breasted malkohaSoutheast Asia from Myanmar through to eastern Java, the Philippines and Borneo
[[File:Red-faced Malkoha x.jpg120px]]Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalusRed-faced malkohaSri Lanka
ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
[[File:Red-crested-malkoha.jpg120px]]Dasylophus superciliosusRough-crested malkohanorthern Philippines
[[File:Scaled-feather-malkoha.jpg120px]]Dasylophus cumingiScale-feathered malkohanorthern Philippines
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