Genus of birds
Malkohas are large birds in the cuckoo family Cuculidae. The group name is derived from the Sinhala word for the red-faced malkoha; mal-koha meaning flower-cuckoo. These are all tropical species.
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Phaenicophaeus_chlorophaeus.jpg/120px-Phaenicophaeus_chlorophaeus.jpg) | Rhinortha chlorophaea | Raffles's malkoha | Malay Pen., Sumatra, and Borneo |
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Ceuthmochares_aereus_by_Francesco_Veronesi.jpg/120px-Ceuthmochares_aereus_by_Francesco_Veronesi.jpg) | Ceuthmochares aereus | Blue malkoha | western and central Africa |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Yellowbill.jpg/120px-Yellowbill.jpg) | Ceuthmochares australis | Green malkoha | Ethiopia and Somalia to Mozambique and South Africa |
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Sirkeer_Malkoha.jpg/120px-Sirkeer_Malkoha.jpg) | Taccocua leschenaultii | Sirkeer malkoha | Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka |
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Red-billed_Malkoha.jpg/120px-Red-billed_Malkoha.jpg) | Zanclostomus javanicus | Red-billed malkoha | Malay Pen. and Greater Sundas |
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Kadalan_Sulawesi.JPG/120px-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. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Phaenicophaeus_sumatranus_%28adult%29_-Singapore-6.jpg/120px-Phaenicophaeus_sumatranus_%28adult%29_-Singapore-6.jpg) | Phaenicophaeus sumatranus | Chestnut-bellied malkoha | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Blue-faced_Malkoha_crop.jpg/120px-Blue-faced_Malkoha_crop.jpg) | Phaenicophaeus viridirostris | Blue-faced malkoha | peninsular India and Sri Lanka. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Green-billed_Malkoha_%28Phaenicophaeus_tristis%29.jpg/120px-Green-billed_Malkoha_%28Phaenicophaeus_tristis%29.jpg) | Phaenicophaeus tristis | Green-billed malkoha | Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Chestnut-breasted_Malkoha_San_Deigo_Zoo_2009.jpg/120px-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 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red-faced_Malkoha_x.jpg/120px-Red-faced_Malkoha_x.jpg) | Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus | Red-faced malkoha | Sri Lanka |