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Genus of birds
Malkohas are largebirds in the cuckoo familyCuculidae .The group name is derived from theSinhala word for thered-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
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.
Phaenicophaeus sumatranus
Chestnut-bellied malkoha
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.
Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
Blue-faced malkoha
peninsular India and Sri Lanka.
Phaenicophaeus tristis
Green-billed malkoha
Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia
Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
Chestnut-breasted malkoha
Southeast Asia from Myanmar through to eastern Java, the Philippines and Borneo
Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
Red-faced malkoha
Sri Lanka