Raffles's Malkoha

Rhinortha chlorophaea (Raffles, 1822)

Raffles's Malkoha, Rhinortha chlorophaea, is a cuckoo that breeds in the Oriental Region, including the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Batu Islands, Bangka, the Natuna Islands and Borneo. It is placed in the family Cuculidae and was described by Raffles in 1822. It is set apart by several distinctive features and by sexual dimorphism, which its presumed relatives do not show. It was once grouped with the other malkohas in Phaenicophaeus, but it is not closely allied to the true malkohas.

Order

Cuculiformes

Family

Cuculidae — Cuckoos

Breeding range

Oriental Region: Malay Pen., Sumatra, Batu Is. (w of c Sumatra), Bangka (e of s Sumatra), Natuna Is. (nw of Borneo) and Borneo