Green-billed Malkoha

Order - Cuculiformes
Family - Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Green-billed Malkoha

Phaenicophaeus tristis

大绿嘴地鹃 (dà lǜ-zuǐ dì-juān)

    Malay : Cenuk Besar

    Japanese : オニクロバンケンモドキ (oni kuro ban-ken modoki) /

                       オニグロバンケンモドキ (oni guro ban-ken modoki)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 鬼黒番鵑擬き

    Size : 50–60 cm; 114–116 g (nominate), 100–128 g (kangeangensis)

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Phaenicophaeus tristis tristis (Lesson, 1830)
  – N India from outer Himalayas (to 1800 m) and Kumaon E through Nepal,
  Sikkim and Bhutan to Assam and Bangladesh, S to Madhya Pradesh.
• Phaenicophaeus tristis saliens (Mayr, 1938)
  – N Myanmar, N Thailand, N Indochina and S China (Yunnan, Guangxi and Guangdong).
• Phaenicophaeus tristis hainanus (E. J. O. Hartert, 1910)
  – Hainan I.
• Phaenicophaeus tristis longicaudatus (Blyth, 1841)
  – S Myanmar, S Thailand and S Indochina to Peninsular Malaysia.
• Phaenicophaeus tristis elongatus (S. Müller, 1836)
  – Sumatra.
• Phaenicophaeus tristis kangeangensis (Vorderman, 1893)
  – Kangean Is.

Phaenicophaeus tristis ssp. longicaudatus

Date : 12 April 2015

Location : Air Hitam Dalam Educational Forest, Sungai Dua, Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang

Phaenicophaeus tristis ssp. longicaudatus

Date : 12 April 2015

Location : Air Hitam Dalam Educational Forest, Sungai Dua, Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang