Green-billed Malkoha on bamboo tree

05 April 2025

Green-billed Malkoha on bamboo tree

Green-billed malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis)
The Gray cuckoo with a remarkably long tail. 
Note dark red facial skin, pale greenish-yellow bill, and dark green gloss on the wings and tail. Chestnut-bellied and Black-bellied Malkohas can be similar.
Note Green-billed’s thin white border around the facial skin, dark eyes, and overall paler head and breast.
Found in lowland and foothill forests and forest edges, as well as dense scrub and cultivated areas. Creeps through foliage like a squirrel. Gives various amphibian-like clucks and croaks.
- (Wikipedia)
long tail

Although this bird habitat mention as forest/forest edge, it frequently seen in my backyard garden.

Maybe my backyard is full of tree

acting like a squirrel

Burung Cenok Kera in Malay

one pair

looking for insects



 

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