Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) - HBW 4, p. 577
French: Malcoha rouverdin
German: Schimmerkuckuck
Spanish: Malcoha Pechicastaño
Other common names: Palawan Malkoha (harringtoni)
Taxonomy: Cuculus curvirostris Shaw, 1810, western Java.
Forms a superspecies with P. calyorhynchus, the two sometimes placed in a separate genus Rhamphococcyx. Populations of Sumatra have on occasion been listed as race erythrognathus. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- singularis (Parrot, 1907) - S Myanmar (Tenasserim) and S Thailand through Peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra.
- oeneicaudus J. & E. Verreaux, 1855 - Mentawai Is (off W Sumatra).
- curvirostris (Shaw, 1810) - W & C Java.
- singularis (Parrot, 1907) - S Myanmar (Tenasserim) and S Thailand through Peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra.
- oeneicaudus J. & E. Verreaux, 1855 - Mentawai Is (off W Sumatra).
- curvirostris (Shaw, 1810) - W & C Java.
- deningeri Stresemann, 1913 - E Java and Bali.
- microrhinus Berlepsch, 1895 - Borneo and Bangka.
- harringtoni (Sharpe, 1877) - SW Philippines (Balabac, Palawan, Calamianes).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird chasing and capturing a big insect and flying with it Locality Taman Negara National Park, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp singularis)
John Corder 31 July 1990 5 years ago 39 sec 4.7 -
A bird on a branch, mandibulating and eating a big insect, finally rubbing its bill Locality Taman Negara National Park, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp singularis)
John Corder 31 July 1990 5 years ago 55 sec 4.2 -
front, side, and rear views Locality Panti Forest Reserve, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp singularis)
Martin Kennewell 28 August 2011 1 year ago 28 sec 4 -
A bird on a branch, looking down. Locality Taman Negara National Park, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp singularis)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2006 4 years ago 20 sec 4 -
A bird cautiously moving through a tree. Locality Taman Negara National Park, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp singularis)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2006 4 years ago 20 sec 3.7 -
Bird moving through tree Locality Panti Forest Reserve, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp singularis)
Anthony Laven 16 June 2000 2 years ago 41 sec 3.5
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an adult female having some snack (kermit)
Locality Banda Aceh, Aceh Region, Sumatra (Indonesia) (ssp singularis)
Joni Chou 25 December 2011 1 year ago 2.9 -
Adult in the forest on treebranch
Locality Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp microrhinus)
Photo-ay 25 July 2006 3 years ago 2.5
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