Yellowbill (Ceuthmochares aereus)

Other Names (World)
Chattering Yellowbill, Yellowbill, Green Malkoha, Green Coucal, Blue Malkoha

Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
33 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1817)

Range (Guide)

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Secretive. Rarely observed.

Food
Primarily insects, in particular caterpillars, beetles, grasshoppers and crickets. Also frogs, slugs, fruit, seeds and leaves.

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

Blue Malkoha (Ceuthmochares aereus) [XC739512]
by Josh Engel from Budongo Eco lodge, Uganda (song)

Blue Malkoha (Ceuthmochares aereus) [XC718965]
by isaac kilusu from Atewa Range, Sagyimase, Ghana (song)

Nest
A rough mass of sticks suspended around 2-5 m above the ground.

Eggs (Guide)
Clutch Size: 2
Color: white and creamy

Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

flavirostris (Swainson, 1837) - Gambia to Nigeria, west of R Niger.
aereus (Vieillot, 1817) - Nigeria and Bioko (Fernando Póo) to southern Sudan and western Kenya, and south through Zaire to Angola and northern Zambia.
australis Sharpe, 1873 - Lowlands from Ethiopia and Kenya to Tanzania (including coastal islands), Malawi, Mozambique and coastal eastern South Africa. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Whistling Yellowbill (Ceuthmochares australis).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Yellowbill (Ceuthmochares aereus) - 10 files

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