Chestnut-bellied malkoha

Chestnut-bellied malkoha
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Phaenicophaeus
Species: P. sumatranus
Binomial name
Phaenicophaeus sumatranus
(Raffles, 1822)

The chestnut-bellied malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Not to be confused with the chestnut-breasted malkoha.

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