Cuckoos (Cuculidae)

Chestnut-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus) - HBW 4, p. 573

French: Malcoha à ventre roux German: Rotbauchkuckuck Spanish: Malcoha Ventrirrufo
Other common names: Rufous-bellied Malkoha

Taxonomy: Cuculus Sumatranus Raffles, 1822, hills of Sumatra.
Sometimes combined with P. diardi, P. tristis and P. viridirostris in a separate genus Rhopodytes. Bornean population sometimes separated subspecifically as smaller minor, but overlaps with birds elsewhere in range. Monotypic.

Distribution: S Myanmar (S Tenasserim), S Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra and Borneo and several of their satellite islands.