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Scientific Name : Phaenicophaeus tristis
Family : Cuculidae
Order : Cuculiformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Large Green-billed Malkoha
Habitat : All kind of forests
Description : The Green-billed Malkoha is a green bird with a very long tail (adult bird length approximately 51 cm, weight 115 g, wing 17 cm, bill 3.7 cm, tarsus 4.2 cm, tail 38 cm). It looks greyish-green from above and buffish-grey from below. It feeds on caterpillars and grasshoppers, crickets, lizards and eggs of small birds. It breeds in April-August. Its breeding habitat is Primary forest, second growth, dense thickets, scrub, cultivated areas, rubber plantations
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Cacomantis sonneratii
(Banded Bay Cuckoo) -
Clamator coromandus
(Chestnut‑winged Cuckoo) -
Taccocua leschenaultii
(Sirkeer Malkoha) -
Cuculus saturatus
(Oriental (Himalayan) Cuckoo) -
Cuculus canorus
(Common (Eurasian) Cuckoo) -
Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
(Violet Cuckoo) -
Centropus sinensis
(Greater Coucal) -
Surniculus lugubris
(Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo) -
Cuculus poliocephalus
(Lesser Cuckoo) -
Centropus bengalensis
(Lesser Coucal)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Niels Poul Dreyer(www.xeno-canto.org/Niels Poul Dreyer), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Niels Poul Dreyer(www.xeno-canto.org/Niels Poul Dreyer), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.