Green-billed malkoha
| Green-billed malkoha | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Phaenicophaeus |
| Species: | P. tristis |
| Binomial name | |
| Phaenicophaeus tristis (Lesson, 1830) | |
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The green-billed malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis) is a species of non-parasitic cuckoo found throughout South and Southeast Asia. The birds are waxy bluish black with a long graduated tail with white tips to the tail feathers. The bill is prominent and curved. These birds are found in dry scrub and thin forests.
Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, Sept 1997
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Large green-billed malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus tristis)
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Phaenicophaeus tristis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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