Phaenicophaeus

Genus of birds

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

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

Species

Genus PhaenicophaeusStephens, 1815 – six species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Black-bellied malkoha


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

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 LC 


Chestnut-bellied malkoha

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

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 LC 


Blue-faced malkoha

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

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 LC 


Green-billed malkoha

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

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 LC 


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 Borneo Size:

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 LC 


Red-faced malkoha

Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
(Pennant, 1769)
Sri Lanka
Map of range
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 LC 


References

  1. ^ "Cuculidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.

External links

  • Media related to Phaenicophaeus at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Phaenicophaeus at Wikispecies
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