Red-billed Malkoha (Zanclostomus javanicus)

Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
45 - 45.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Horsfield, 1821)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest, dry shrubland. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

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

Southern Myanmar (Tenasserim) and southern Thailand through Peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra, Natuna Is, Borneo and Java.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (14)...)

Red-billed Malkoha (Zanclostomus javanicus) [XC578008]
by Frank Lambert from Johor (near Mersing), Johor, Malaysia (call)

Red-billed Malkoha (Zanclostomus javanicus) [XC114189]
by Mike Nelson from Johor, Panti Forest Reserve, Bunker Trail, cKm5, Malaysia (call)

Subspecies
Sometimes placed in monospecific genus Zanclostomus.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

pallidus Robinson & Kloss, 1921 - Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo.
javanicus (Horsfield, 1821) - Southern Myanmar, Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas and Natuna Is.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-billed Malkoha (Zanclostomus javanicus) - 10 files

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