Blue-faced Malkoha
Phaenicophaeus viridirostris(Jerdon, TC, 1840)
English (US) Blue-faced Malkoha
The Blue-faced Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus viridirostris) 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 peninsular India and Sri LankaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue-faced Malkoha
- Described by
- (Jerdon, TC, 1840)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Zanclostomus viridirostris
- Described by
- (Jerdon, TC, 1840)
- Type locality
- Bottom of the Coonoor Pass.
- Original description
- Madras Journal of Literature and Science 11, no.27 p.223
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Zanclostomus javanicus
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Mentawai Malkoha
Phaenicophaeus oeneicaudus
Chestnut-bellied Malkoha
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Red-faced Malkoha
Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
Black-bellied Malkoha
Phaenicophaeus diardi
Green-billed Malkoha
Phaenicophaeus tristis
Yellow-billed Malkoha
Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus
Scale-feathered Malkoha
Dasylophus cumingi
Rough-crested Malkoha
Dasylophus superciliosus
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Clamator coromandus
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