Malkoha
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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![]() | Rhinortha chlorophaea | Raffles's malkoha | Malay Pen., Sumatra, and Borneo |
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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![]() | Ceuthmochares aereus | Blue malkoha | western and central Africa |
![]() | Ceuthmochares australis | Green malkoha | Ethiopia and Somalia to Mozambique and South Africa |
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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![]() | Taccocua leschenaultii | Sirkeer malkoha | Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka |
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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![]() | Zanclostomus javanicus | Red-billed malkoha | Malay Pen. and Greater Sundas |
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus | Yellow-billed malkoha | Sulawesi |
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Phaenicophaeus diardi | Black-bellied malkoha | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. | |
![]() | Phaenicophaeus sumatranus | Chestnut-bellied malkoha | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. |
![]() | Phaenicophaeus viridirostris | Blue-faced malkoha | peninsular India and Sri Lanka. |
![]() | Phaenicophaeus tristis | Green-billed malkoha | Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia |
![]() | Phaenicophaeus curvirostris | Chestnut-breasted malkoha | Southeast Asia from Myanmar through to eastern Java, the Philippines and Borneo |
![]() | Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus | Red-faced malkoha | Sri Lanka |
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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![]() | Dasylophus superciliosus | Rough-crested malkoha | northern Philippines |
![]() | Dasylophus cumingi | Scale-feathered malkoha | northern Philippines |