Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Sirkeer Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii) - HBW 4, p. 574
French: Malcoha sirkir
German: Sirkarkuckuck
Spanish: Malcoha Sirkir
Other common names: Sirkeer (Cuckoo), Southern Sirkeer
Taxonomy: Taccocua Leschenaultii Lesson, 1830, Madras.
Sometimes retained in the monotypic genus Taccocua, in which it was originally named. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- sirkee (J. E. Gray, 1831) - Pakistan (Sind, Punjab) and NW India.
- infuscata (Blyth, 1845) - India in sub-Himalayan terai and duars from Kumaon through Nepal to W Assam and Bangladesh, and S to SC Maharashtra and N Andhra Pradesh.
- leschenaultii (Lesson, 1830) - S India and Sri Lanka.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched in a bush looking around and flying away. Locality Phot Mahadeo, Kutch District, Gujarat, India (ssp sirkee)
Josep del Hoyo 16 February 2011 9 weeks ago 25 sec 4 -
A bird perched in a tree, calling once Locality Royal Bardia National Park, Nepal (ssp infuscatus)
Stefan Behrens 2002 4 years ago 38 sec 4 -
Two birds perched in a bush and one of them flying away. Locality Naliya Grasslands, Kutch District, Gujarat, India (ssp sirkee)
Josep del Hoyo 15 February 2011 11 weeks ago 25 sec 3.5 -
Dorsal view of a bird perched in a bush. Locality Phot Mahadeo, Kutch District, Gujarat, India (ssp sirkee)
Josep del Hoyo 16 February 2011 9 weeks ago 22 sec 3.2
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A bird perched in profile
Locality Pegumbuhalla, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp leschenaulti)
vasanthan.p.j 15 October 2011 16 weeks ago 3.8 -
Dorsal view of a bird perched
Locality Pegumbuhalla, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp leschenaulti)
vasanthan.p.j 17 October 2011 16 weeks ago 3.3 -
A dorsal view
Locality Pegumbuhalla, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp leschenaulti)
vasanthan.p.j 15 October 2011 16 weeks ago 3.2 -
A bird on the ground
Locality Pegumbuhalla, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp leschenaulti)
vasanthan.p.j 15 October 2011 16 weeks ago 3.2 -
A perched adult bird.
Locality Yala (Ruhunu) National Park , Sri Lanka (ssp leschenaultii)
Steve Garvie 1 August 2009 2 years ago 3 -
A bird perched in a bush.
Locality Phot Mahadeo, Kutch District, Gujarat, India (ssp sirkee)
Josep del Hoyo 16 February 2011 9 weeks ago 2.8
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Calls, and then accelerating song, by one bird. Locality Phot Mahadeo, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
(ssp sirkee)
Josep del Hoyo 16 February 2011 29 weeks ago 4.3 -
Single note calls by one bird. Locality Phot Mahadeo, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
(ssp sirkee)
Josep del Hoyo 16 February 2011 29 weeks ago 3
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