Green-billed Malkoha
Phaenicophaeus tristis(Lesson, RP, 1830)
English (US) Green-billed Malkoha
The Green-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis) 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.
- Scientific name
- Phaenicophaeus tristis
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Green-billed Malkoha
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1830)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Phaenicophaeus tristis tristis
- Phaenicophaeus tristis kangeangensis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Melias tristis
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1830)
- Type locality
- Sumatra, error = Bengal, type locality selected by Robinson and Kloss, Ibis, 1919, p. 427.
- Original description
- Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux livr.2 p.132
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Cuckoos
Chestnut-breasted Malkoha
Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
Mentawai Malkoha
Phaenicophaeus oeneicaudus
Chestnut-bellied Malkoha
Phaenicophaeus sumatranus
Red-faced Malkoha
Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
Blue-faced Malkoha
Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
Black-bellied Malkoha
Phaenicophaeus diardi
Yellow-billed Malkoha
Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus
Scale-feathered Malkoha
Dasylophus cumingi
Rough-crested Malkoha
Dasylophus superciliosus
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Clamator coromandus
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Clamator glandarius
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Clamator levaillantii
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