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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Calls, and then accelerating song, by one bird. Locality Phot Mahadeo, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
(ssp sirkee)
Josep del Hoyo 16 February 2011 1 year ago 4.3 -
Single note calls by one bird. Locality Phot Mahadeo, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
(ssp sirkee)
Josep del Hoyo 16 February 2011 1 year ago 3
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