Family Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Least Concern
Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris)
Taxonomy
French: Malcoha rouverdin German: Schimmerkuckuck Spanish: Malcoha pechicastaño
Other common names:
Palawan Malkoha (harringtoni)
Taxonomy:
Cuculus curvirostris
Shaw
, 1810,western Java
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Subspecies and Distribution
P. c. singularis
(Parrot, 1907) – S Myanmar (Tenasserim), S Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra.
P. c. curvirostris
(Shaw, 1810) – W & C Java.
P. c. deningeri
Stresemann, 1913 – E Java and Bali.
P. c. microrhinus
Berlepsch, 1895 – Borneo, Natuna Is#R and Bangka.
P. c. harringtoni
(Sharpe, 1877) – SW Philippines (Calamian Group, Palawan, Balabac).
Descriptive notes
42–50 cm; male 145–190 g, female 163–167·6 g (nominate), male 134–155 g (microrhinus), male 111–177·1 g (harringtoni... read more
Voice
A low “kuk-kuk”, ticking or knocking calls like a clucking chicken, and a faster... read more
Habitat
Thickets in primary forest (e.g. lowland and hill dipterocarp, peat-swamp, alluvial, logged and... read more
Food and feeding
Insects, including caterpillars (hairy and hairless) (Lasiocampidae), grasshoppers (Acrididae), crickets, beetles, cockroaches, stick... read more
Breeding
Breeds Jan–Mar and Jun–Jul in Peninsular Malaysia (eggs), Jan on Sumatra (eggs), Apr, Jul and Nov on Java (nestlings, recently... read more
Movements
Resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened (Least Concern). A common species in lowlands of S Thailand, Borneo and Philippines, and fairly common to common in Peninsular Malaysia, and on... read more
Hitherto considered conspecific with P. oeneicaudus. Has been considered closely related to Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus, and sometimes placed (together with P. oeneicaudus) in Rhamphococcyx; alternatively, all three have previously been included in genus Zanclostomus. Race microrhinus sometimes listed as borneensis, but latter name is preoccupied in this genus by a race of P. diardi; race singularis previously listed as erythrognathus, but latter name invalid. Five subspecies recognized.