Green-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis)

Other Names (World)
Green-billed Malkoha, Greater Green-billed Malkoha, Large Green-billed Malkoha

Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
52 - 59.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lesson, 1830)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest, lowland dry and moist shrubland. From sea-level - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan (B), Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (23)...)

Green-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis) [XC890602]
by Sam Hambly from Khuang Pao, Chom Thong District, Chiang Mai, Thailand (call)

Green-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis) [XC719746]
by David Boyle from Phahom slope forest, Vientiane Province, Laos (call)

Subspecies
Sometimes combined with Black-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus diardi), Chestnut-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus) and Blue-faced Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus viridirostris) in a separate genus Rhopodytes.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

tristis (Lesson, 1830) - Northern India from outer Himalayas (to 1800 m) and Kumaon south to Madhya Pradesh, east through Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan to Assam and Bangladesh.
saliens (Mayr, 1938) - Northern Myanmar, northern Thailand, northern Indochina and southern China (Yunnan).
hainanus (Hartert, 1910) - Hainan.
longicaudatus Blyth, 1842 - Southern Myanmar, southern Thailand and southern Indochina to Malaysia.
elongatus S. Müller, 1835 - Sumatra.
kangeangensis (Vorderman, 1893) - Kangean Is.

References
See References.

Files:

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