Chestnut-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus) | Photos and ID

NTNear ThreatenedInvertebrates

ForestPlatform nestMedium · 92 g

Chestnut-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Ian Dugdale, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Chestnut-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Cheongweei Gan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Chestnut-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Cheongweei Gan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Chestnut-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Chestnut-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus), photo 6 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Chestnut-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Samuel Lee, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Chestnut-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Ian Dugdale, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Chestnut-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Cheongweei Gan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Chestnut-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus), photo 10 — Photo: (c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The plumage on its mantle is dark green and glossy, while that of its throat, breast, and crown are gray. The underside of its wings are green and yellow.

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When to see the Chestnut-bellied Malkoha

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Chestnut-bellied Malkoha

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 5 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Malaysia Singapore Thailand Indonesia Brunei

Recorded as a rare visitor in Myanmar (Burma).

About the Chestnut-bellied Malkoha

The chestnut-bellied malkoha is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical swampland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Easily confused with

Black-bellied MalkohaPhaenicophaeus diardiThe black-bellied malkoha is a species of malkoha in the family Cuculidae.

Red-faced MalkohaPhaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalusThis is a large species at 46 cm with a long graduated tail. Mentawai MalkohaPhaenicophaeus oeneicaudusThe Mentawai malkoha is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.

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