Malkoha
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Template:Short description Malkohas are large birds in the cuckoo family Cuculidae. The group name is derived from the Sinhala word for the red-faced malkoha; Script error: No such module "Lang". meaning flower-cuckoo. These are all tropical species.
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus.jpg | Rhinortha chlorophaea | Raffles's malkoha | Malay Pen., Sumatra, and Borneo |
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Ceuthmochares aereus by Francesco Veronesi.jpg | Ceuthmochares aereus | Blue malkoha | western and central Africa |
| File:Yellowbill.jpg | Ceuthmochares australis | Green malkoha | Ethiopia and Somalia to Mozambique and South Africa |
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Sirkeer Malkoha.jpg | Taccocua leschenaultii | Sirkeer malkoha | Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka |
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Red-billed Malkoha.jpg | Zanclostomus javanicus | Red-billed malkoha | Malay Pen. and Greater Sundas |
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Kadalan Sulawesi.JPG | Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus | Yellow-billed malkoha | Sulawesi |
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phaenicophaeus diardi | Black-bellied malkoha | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. | |
| File:Phaenicophaeus sumatranus (adult) -Singapore-6.jpg | Phaenicophaeus sumatranus | Chestnut-bellied malkoha | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. |
| File:Blue-faced Malkoha crop.jpg | Phaenicophaeus viridirostris | Blue-faced malkoha | peninsular India and Sri Lanka. |
| File:Green-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis).jpg | Phaenicophaeus tristis | Green-billed malkoha | Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia |
| File:Chestnut-breasted Malkoha San Deigo Zoo 2009.jpg | Phaenicophaeus curvirostris | Chestnut-breasted malkoha | Southeast Asia from Myanmar through to eastern Java, the Philippines and Borneo |
| File:Red-faced Malkoha x.jpg | Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus | Red-faced malkoha | Sri Lanka |
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Red-crested-malkoha.jpg | Dasylophus superciliosus | Rough-crested malkoha | northern Philippines |
| File:Scaled-feather-malkoha.jpg | Dasylophus cumingi | Scale-feathered malkoha | northern Philippines |