Chestnut-breasted Malkoha

Order - Cuculiformes
Family - Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Chestnut-breasted Malkoha

Phaenicophaeus curvirostris

栗胸地鹃

    Size : 42–50 cm; Male 145–190 g, Female 163–167.6 g (nominate)

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Phaenicophaeus curvirostris singularis (Parrot, 1907)
  – S Myanmar (Tenasserim), S Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra.
• Phaenicophaeus curvirostris curvirostris (Shaw, 1810)
  – W & C Java.
• Phaenicophaeus curvirostris deningeri (Stresemann, 1913)
  – E Java and Bali.
• Phaenicophaeus curvirostris microrhinus (Berlepsch, 1895)
  – Borneo, Natuna Is and Bangka.
• Phaenicophaeus curvirostris harringtoni (Sharpe, 1877)
  – SW Philippines (Calamian Group, Palawan, Balabac).

Phaenicophaeus curvirostris ssp. microrhinus

Date : 24 February 2018

Location : Sepilok Rainforest Discovery Centre (RDC), Sandakan, Sabah