Cuckoos (Cuculidae)

Green-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis) - HBW 4, p. 573

French: Malcoha sombre German: Großer Grünschnabelkuckuck Spanish: Malcoha Sombrío
Other common names: Greater Green-billed/Large Green-billed Malkoha

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

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • tristis (Lesson, 1830) - N India from outer Himalayas (to 1800 m) and Kumaon S to Madhya Pradesh, E through Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan to Assam and Bangladesh.
  • saliens (Mayr, 1938) - N Myanmar, N Thailand, N Indochina and S China (Yunnan).
  • hainanus (Hartert, 1910) - Hainan.

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  • tristis (Lesson, 1830) - N India from outer Himalayas (to 1800 m) and Kumaon S to Madhya Pradesh, E through Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan to Assam and Bangladesh.
  • saliens (Mayr, 1938) - N Myanmar, N Thailand, N Indochina and S China (Yunnan).
  • hainanus (Hartert, 1910) - Hainan.
  • longicaudatus Blyth, 1842 - S Myanmar, S Thailand and S Indochina to Malaysia.
  • elongatus S. Müller, 1835 - Sumatra.
  • kangeangensis (Vorderman, 1893) - Kangean Is.
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