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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
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
English (US)
Chestnut-bellied Malkoha
Described by
(Raffles, TS, 1822)

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Taxonomic 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.

See all 156 species of the family Cuculidae