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ForestCup nestMedium · 111 g
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This is a large species at 46 cm with a long graduated tail. Its back is dark green, and the uppertail is green edged with white. The belly and undertail are white, the latter being barred black. The crown and throat are black, and the lower face white. There is a large red patch around the eye and the bill is green. Sexual dimorphism present where males are having dark brown iris and females are with creamy white iris. Juveniles are with much duller plumage.
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When to see the Red-faced Malkoha
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Red-faced Malkoha
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Red-faced Malkoha
The red-faced malkoha is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. This malkoha species is endemic to Sri Lanka
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Easily confused with
Chestnut-bellied MalkohaPhaenicophaeus sumatranusThe plumage on its mantle is dark green and glossy, while that of its throat, breast, and crown are gray.
Black-bellied MalkohaPhaenicophaeus diardiThe black-bellied malkoha is a species of malkoha in the family Cuculidae.
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