Cuckoos (Cuculidae)

Black-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus diardi) - HBW 4, p. 573

French: Malcoha de Diard German: Diardkuckuck Spanish: Malcoha Ventrinegro
Other common names: Lesser Green-billed/Black-billed Malkoha

Taxonomy: Melias Diardi Lesson, 1830, Java; error = Sumatra.
Sometimes combined with P. sumatranus, P. tristis and P. viridirostris in a separate genus, Rhopodytes. Two subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • diardi (Lesson, 1830) - S Myanmar (Tenasserim), S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra.
  • borneensis (Salvadori, 1874) - Borneo.

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