Phaenicophaeus

Phaenicophaeus is a genus of 6 species of cuckoos in the family Cuculidae.

Phaenicophaeus
Chestnut-bellied malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:Eukaryota
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Cuculiformes
Family:Cuculidae
Genus:Phaenicophaeus
Stephens, 1815
Type species
Cuculus pyrrhocephalus[1]
Pennant, 1769

Species

Genus PhaenicophaeusStephens, 1815 – six species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeSize and ecologyIUCN status and estimated population
Black-bellied malkoha


Phaenicophaeus diardi
(Lesson, 1830)
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.Size:

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Chestnut-bellied malkoha

Phaenicophaeus sumatranus
(Raffles, 1822)
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.Size:

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Blue-faced malkoha

Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
(Jerdon, 1840)
peninsular India and Sri Lanka.Size:

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Green-billed malkoha

Phaenicophaeus tristis
(Lesson, 1830)
Indian Subcontinent and Southeast AsiaSize:

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Chestnut-breasted malkoha

Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
(Shaw, 1810)

Six subspecies
  • P. c. singularis
  • P. c. oeneicaudus
  • P. c. curvirostris
  • P. c. deningeri
  • P. c. microrhinus
  • P. c. harringtoni
Southeast Asia from Myanmar through to eastern Java, the Philippines and BorneoSize:

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Red-faced malkoha

Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
(Pennant, 1769)
Sri Lanka
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