| Green-billed malkoha | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Phaenicophaeus |
| Species: | P. tristis |
| Binomial name | |
| Phaenicophaeus tristis (Lesson, 1830) | |
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The green-billed malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis) is a species of non-parasitic cuckoo found throughout Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The birds are waxy bluish black with a long graduated tail with white tips to the tail feathers. The bill is prominent and curved. These birds are found in dry scrub and thin forests.
Description
Green-billed malkoha is about 50–60 cm centimetres long and weighs 100–128 g. It often has a clear white boarder to the red face patch salty grey on the face and neck. Adult green-billed malkoha has dark grey with green gloss above, oily green wings.
Distribution and habitat
Its breeding habitat is Primary forest, second growth, dense thickets, scrub, cultivated areas, rubber plantations across south Asia east from Nepal, India, and Sri Lanka to the Southeast Asia.
Gallery
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Large green-billed malkoha
Green-billed malkoha in Bangladesh
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at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India
Kaeng Krachan Nat’l Park - Thailand
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References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Phaenicophaeus tristis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.