Malkohas are large birds in the cuckoo family Cuculidae. The group name is derived from the Sinhala word for the red-faced malkoha; meaning flower-cuckoo. These are all tropical species.
Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Rhinortha chlorophaea Raffles's malkoha Malay Pen., Sumatra, and Borneo Image Scientific name Common name Distribution 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 Taccocua leschenaultii Sirkeer malkoha Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Zanclostomus javanicus Red-billed malkoha Malay Pen. and Greater Sundas Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus Yellow-billed malkoha Sulawesi Image Scientific name Common name Distribution 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 Dasylophus superciliosus Rough-crested malkoha northern Philippines Dasylophus cumingi Scale-feathered malkoha northern Philippines
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