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.
- 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.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree Locality The Gap Resthouse, Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp longicaudatus)
Tom Tarrant 31 August 1997 7 years ago 14 sec 3.2 -
one bird in a tree Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp longicaudatus)
Daniêl Jimenez 26 December 2010 1 year ago 12 sec 3.2 -
An individual perched in a tree, turning around. Locality Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia (ssp longicaudatus)
Josep del Hoyo 13 March 2011 22 weeks ago 23 sec 3.2 -
A bird perched on a leafless branch Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp longicaudatus)
Josep del Hoyo 12 November 2004 4 years ago 23 sec 3.1 -
A bird in a tree. Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 25 May 2007 2 years ago 9 sec 2.8 -
A bird moving in a tree Locality Pak Chong, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (ssp longicaudatus)
Brooke Clibbon 29 December 2004 5 years ago 14 sec 2.8
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On a branch
Locality Kep, Kep Province, Cambodia
Guy Poisson 17 January 2012 6 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 4.1 -
On a branch
Locality Kep, Kep Province, Cambodia
Guy Poisson 17 January 2002 6 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 3.6 -
An adult in a tree.
Locality Thale Noi Non-Hunting Area, Ban Thale Noi, Southern Thailand, Thailand (ssp longicaudatus)
Christophe Gouraud 25 November 2009 2 years ago 2 -
An adult hidden in a tree.
Locality Erawan National Park, Kanchanaburi Province, Western Thailand, Thailand
Christophe Gouraud 4 December 2009 2 years ago 2 -
A bird perched
Locality Deothang, Samdrup Jongkhar District, Bhutan (ssp tristis)
Arthur Grosset 12 April 2008 2 years ago 2
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