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ForestPlatform nestMedium · 154 g
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Measuring 42–49 cm (17–19 in) in length, the chestnut-breasted malkoha has a large, curved, pale yellow upper mandible and darker red or black lower mandible, and a bare red patch of rough skin around the eye. The head is grey and wings are dark green fading to blue with age. Its underparts and rump are chestnut, and feet are dark grey. Little sexual dimorphism is seen, as the male and female are similar in plumage, although the male has a pale blue iris and the female yellow.
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When to see the Chestnut-breasted 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-breasted Malkoha
The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Chestnut-breasted Malkoha
The chestnut-breasted malkoha is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. Found in Southeast Asia from Myanmar through to eastern Java, the Philippines and Borneo, it is a large cuckoo measuring up to 49 cm (19 in) with grey and dark green upperparts and chestnut underparts, and a large curved pale upper mandible. The male and female are similar in plumage. Unlike many cuckoos, it builds its nest and raises its own young.
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Easily confused with
Black-bellied MalkohaPhaenicophaeus diardiThe black-bellied malkoha is a species of malkoha in the family Cuculidae.
Chestnut-bellied MalkohaPhaenicophaeus sumatranusThe plumage on its mantle is dark green and glossy, while that of its throat, breast, and crown are gray.
Red-faced MalkohaPhaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalusThis is a large species at 46 cm with a long graduated tail.
Side by side: Chestnut-breasted Malkoha vs Green-billed Malkoha · Blue-faced Malkoha vs Chestnut-breasted Malkoha
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