Malkohas are large birds in the cuckoo family Cuculidae. The group name is derived from the Sinhala word for the red-faced malkoha; mal-koha meaning flower-cuckoo. These are all tropical species.
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Rhinortha chlorophaea |
Raffles's malkoha |
Malay Pen., Sumatra, and Borneo
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Ceuthmochares aereus |
Blue malkoha |
western and central Africa
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Ceuthmochares australis |
Green malkoha |
Ethiopia and Somalia to Mozambique and South Africa
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Taccocua leschenaultii |
Sirkeer malkoha |
Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka
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Zanclostomus javanicus |
Red-billed malkoha |
Malay Pen. and Greater Sundas
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Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus |
Yellow-billed malkoha |
Sulawesi
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Phaenicophaeus diardi |
Black-bellied malkoha |
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.
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Phaenicophaeus sumatranus |
Chestnut-bellied malkoha |
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.
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Phaenicophaeus viridirostris |
Blue-faced malkoha |
peninsular India and Sri Lanka.
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Phaenicophaeus tristis |
Green-billed malkoha |
Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia
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Phaenicophaeus curvirostris |
Chestnut-breasted malkoha |
Southeast Asia from Myanmar through to eastern Java, the Philippines and Borneo
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Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus |
Red-faced malkoha |
Sri Lanka
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