Cuckoos (Cuculidae)

Yellow-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus calyorhynchus) - HBW 4, p. 577

French: Malcoha à bec peint German: Buntschnabelkuckuck Spanish: Malcoha de Célebes
Other common names: Fiery-billed/Celebes Malkoha

Taxonomy: Phænicophæus calyorhynchus Temminck, 1825, Sulawesi.
Forms a superspecies with P. curvirostris, the two sometimes placed in a separate genus Rhamphococcyx. Three subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • calyorhynchus Temminck, 1825 - N, E & SE Sulawesi and Togian Is.
  • meridionalis (A. B. Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1896) - C & S Sulawesi.
  • rufiloris Hartert, 1903 - Butung.

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