Mentawai Malkoha
Phaenicophaeus oeneicaudus
Endemic to the Mentawai Islands off the coast of western Sumatra. A strange-looking large cuckoo with a brightly-colored bill, bright red face, and long tail. In good lighting, also note greenish gloss on the body. Unique and unmistakable in its limited range. Inhabits forest, where it clumps about in the canopy and mid-story, looking somewhat mammalian in its movements. Gives a series of odd, hollow-sounding knocking calls. Formerly treated as a subspecies of much more widespread Chestnut-breasted Malkoha.
Identification
The Mentawai malkoha (Phaenicophaeus oeneicaudus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is endemic to the Mentawai Islands off the west of Sumatra. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the chestnut-breasted malkoha.
Taxonomy
Genus: Phaenicophaeus; Family: Cuculidae; Order: Cuculiformes.
- Scientific name
- Phaenicophaeus oeneicaudus
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae
- Genus
- Phaenicophaeus
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Distribution
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