Yellow-billed Malkoha (Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus)

Other Names (World)
Yellow-billed Malkoha, Fiery-billed Malkoha, Celebes Malkoha

Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
53 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1825)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests, dry shrubland, plantations. From sea-level - 1,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A short, nasal chatter.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (12)...)

Yellow-billed Malkoha (Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus) [XC89582]
by Mike Nelson from Gunung Ambang, Sulawesi, Indonesia (call)

Yellow-billed Malkoha (Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus) [XC611789]
by Greg Irving from Sulawesi: Tangkoko lowlands, Indonesia (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris), the two sometimes placed in a separate genus Rhamphococcyx.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

calyorhynchus (Temminck, 1825) - Northern, eastern and south-eastern Sulawesi and Togian Is.
meridionalis Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth, 1896 - Central and southern Sulawesi.
rufiloris (Hartert, 1903) - Butung.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Yellow-billed Malkoha (Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus) - 10 files

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