In addition to cuckoos, the
cuckoo family Cuculidae also includes the roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals and anis. The coucals and anis are sometimes separated as distinct families. The
cuckoos are generally medium sized slender birds. The majority are of the cuculidae family are arboreal, with a sizeable minority that are terrestrial. Most are tropical and the temperate
species are migratory. The cuckoos feed on insects, insect larva, as well as fruit. Many species are brood parasites, laying their eggs in the nests of other species, but
the majority of species raise their own young. Cuckoos are medium sized birds that range in size from 15-63 cm. There is generally little sexual dimorphism in size, but where it exists, it can be either
the male or the female that is larger. There are two basic body forms, arboreal species which are slender and have short tarsi, and terrestrial species which are more heavy set and have long tarsi. Almost
all species have long tails which are used for steering in terrestrial species and as a rudder during flight in the arboreal species.
The
turacos have also been consider part of the
Cuculiformes order, but they may be placed in their own order
Musophagiformes.
MALKOHAs and COUAs
Genus Carpococcyx
Cuckoo,_Borneo Ground- Carpococcyx radiceus Found: Borneo (Indonesia, Malaysia)
Image by: 1)
Nicholas LeJeune 2)
Mark_Louis_Benedict

Cuckoo,_Coral-billed Ground- Carpococcyx renauldi Found: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
Image by:
1, 2) Alois Staudacher 3)
Len_Worthington


Cuckoo,_Sumatran_Ground- Carpococcyx viridis Found: Sumatra of Indonesia
Image by: 1)
Nick_Brickle
Genus Ceuthmochares
Malkoha,_Blue also
Chattering Yellowbill Ceuthmochares aereus
Found: Africa
Image by:
1, 2, 3) Francesco Veronesi - Ghana


Malkoha,_Green also
Whistling Yellowbill Ceuthmochares australis Found: eastern Africa from Kenya to South Africa
Image by: 1)
Steve_Garvie 2)
Jim Scarff - South Africa

Genus Coua
These cuckoos are found on Madagascar. They have brightly colored bare skin around the eyes.
Coua,_Blue Coua caerulea Found: Madagascar
Image by: 1)
Olaf Riemer 2)
Ross Tsai

Coua,_Coquerel's Coua coquereli Found: Madagascar
Image by: 1)
Ross Tsai 2)
Bernard Dupont 3,
4, 5) Dick Daniels - Kirindy Forest, Madagascar



Coua,_Crested Coua cristata Found: Madagascar
Image by:
1, 2) Dick Daniels - San Diego Zoo 3)
Charles_J_Sharp 4)
Pat and Keith Taylor - Mosa Spiny Forest Reserve



Coua,_Giant Coua gigas Found: Madagascar
Image by: 1)
David Cook 2)
J Fi 3)
Daniel Guip 4, 5) Dick Daniels - Kirindy Forest, Madagascar




Coua,_Red-breasted Coua serriana Found: Madagascar
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas 2)
Amy_McAndrews

Coua,_Red-capped Coua ruficeps Found: Madagascar
Image by:
1, 2, 3) Dick Daniels - Arboretum near Tulear, Madagascar.
1, 2, 3) Subspecies Green-capped Coua (Coua ruficeps olivaceiceps)


Coua,_Red-fronted Coua reynaudii Found: Madagascar
Image by: 1)
David Cook 2)
Allan_Hopkins 3)
Francesco_Veronesi


Coua,_Running Coua cursor Found: Madagascar
Image by: 1)
Francesco Veronesi 2, 3) Alan_Harper


Coua,_Verreaux's Coua verreauxi Found: Madagascar
Image by: 1)
Zak_Pohlen
Genus Phaenicophaeus
Malkohas, large birds in the cuckoo family
Cuculidae,
are all Asian tropical species. They are not parasitic brooders, seldom fly, and are usually silent.
Malkoha,_Black-bellied Phaenicophaeus diardi Found: southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia
Image by:
1)
Marc 2)
Amar-Singh HSS - Malaysia 2)
Tedi Wahyudi - Indonesia


Malkoha,_Blue-faced Phaenicophaeus viridirostris Found: Indian subcontinent
Image by: 1)
Osado - India 2)
Lip Kee - Sri Lanka 3)
Joby Joseph - India 4)
Kishore_Bhargava



Malkoha,_Chestnut-bellied Phaenicophaeus sumatranus Found: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand
Image by:
1, 2, 3) Lip Kee - Singapore


Malkoha,_Chestnut-breasted Phaenicophaeus curvirostris Found: Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Image by: 1)
cuatrok77 2)
Rafael Robanya - Miami Zoo 3)
Evan Parker 4)
Dick Daniels - Bronx Zoo 5)
Lip Kee - Malaysia
1) Female, Broken or deformed bill
2 - 5) Male




Malkoha,_Green-billed Phaenicophaeus tristis Found: south Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia
Image by:
1)
Lip Kee - India 2)
Hiyashi Haka 3)
Tarak Kahn 4)
Diyan



Malkoha,_Red-billed Phaenicophaeus javanicus also
Zanclostomus javanicus Found: southeast Asia
Image by:
1, 2) Dick Daniels - San Diego Zoo 3)
Johnny Wee 4)
Lip_kee - Malaysia



Malkoha,_Red-crested also
Rough-crested Malkoha
Phaenicophaeus superciliosus also
Dasylophus superciliosus Found: Philippines
Image by:
1)
Blake Matheson 2)
Francesco Veronesi 3)
Neon Tomas Buenaflor Rosell 4)
Ramon J Quisumbing



Malkoha,_Red-faced Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus Found: Sri Lanka
Image by: 1)
P Khoo 2)
Amila Salgado 3)
Steve Garvie 4)
Pinned



Malkoha,_Scale-feathered Phaenicophaeus cumingi also
Dasylophus cumingi Found: Philippines
Image by:
1)
Lius Limchiu
Malkoha,_Sirkeer Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii also
Taccocua leschenaultii Found: Asia
Image by:
1, 3) JM Garg - India 2)
Jugal Tiwari - India 4)
Mohan_Kemparaju



Malkoha,_Yellow-billed Phaenicophaeus calyorhynchus also
Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus Found: Indonesia
Image by:
1)
Arie Frahman - North Sulawesi 2)
Francesco Veronesi - Tangkoko Sulawesi 3) Ingo_Washkies


Genus Rhinortha - 1 species
Malkoha,_Raffles's Rhinortha chlorophaeus Found: south east Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia
Image by: 1)
Lip Kee - Malaysia 2)
Mark Benedict - Malaysia 3)
Hiyashi_Haka - Malaysia

