Raffles's Malkoha (Rhinortha chlorophaea)

Other Names (World)
Raffles's Malkoha, Raffles' Malkoha

Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
35 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Raffles, 1822)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry shrubland, plantations. From sea-level - 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore (E), Thailand.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (36)...)

Raffles's Malkoha (Rhinortha chlorophaea) [XC730739]
by Ding Li Yong from Kinabatangan District (near Kinabatangan), Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia (song)

Raffles's Malkoha (Rhinortha chlorophaea) [XC314807]
by Somkiat Pakapinyo (Chai) from Trail to Krung Ching Waterfall, Khao Luang National Park, Thailand (song)

Subspecies
Sometimes placed in a monotypic genus Rhinortha, the only malkoha to show marked sexual dimorphism.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

chlorophaeus (Raffles, 1822) - Southern Myanmar (Tenasserim), southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra and north, eastern and southern Borneo.
fuscigularis (Stuart Baker, 1919) - North-western Borneo (Sarawak, north-western Kalimantan).

References
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Files:

JPG files for Raffless Malkoha (Rhinortha chlorophaea) - 10 files

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