Mentawai Malkoha

Phaenicophaeus oeneicaudus

Least ConcernLegendaryEndemicInvertebratesForestMedium · 154 g

About the Mentawai Malkoha

The Mentawai malkoha is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is endemic to the Mentawai Islands off the west of Sumatra. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the chestnut-breasted malkoha.

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Where it lives

Regular range

When to see it

Peak activity in September · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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