Chestnut-bellied Malkoha
Phaenicophaeus sumatranus(Raffles, TS, 1822)
English (US) Chestnut-bellied Malkoha
The Chestnut-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cuculidae (Cuckoos) in the order Cuculiformes.
Range: southern Myanmar, southern Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and BorneoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Phaenicophaeus sumatranus
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Chestnut-bellied Malkoha
- Described by
- (Raffles, TS, 1822)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cuculus Sumatranus
- Described by
- (Raffles, TS, 1822)
- Type locality
- Hills of Sumatra.
- Original description
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13, pt.2 p.287
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Chestnut-breasted Malkoha
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Blue-faced Malkoha
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Yellow-billed Malkoha
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Scale-feathered Malkoha
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