Prakruti Parichay
CuculidaePhaenicophaeus

Red-faced Malkoha

Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus

46–46 cmLarge
Beak
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Feet
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Crest
No crest

Resident. Sri Lanka. II A very large, dark green malkoha. Adult has stout apple-green bill, large red fa cepatch, whitish chin and malar stripe contrasting with black throat and breast, white flecking on crown and nape, striking white belly, and very broad white tips to tail feathers. Eyes are dark in male and white in female. Juvenile has smaller red face patch. brown streaking on crown and nape, a ndextensive greyish-white streaking on throat, neck sides and breast. Fr equents the tree canopy. Typically threads its way through foliage, creepers and branch. Frequently a ssociates with mixed feed ing flocks of other species. Globally threatened. Dense, tall, broadleaved mainly evergreen forest.

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Average size
46 cm
Habitat
Dense, tall, broadleaved mainly evergreen forest.
Behaviour
Resident., Fr equents the tree canopy. Typically threads its way through foliage, creepers and branch. Frequently a ssociates with mixed feed ing flocks of other species. Globally threatened.

About this bird

Resident. Sri Lanka. II A very large, dark green malkoha. Adult has stout apple-green bill, large red fa cepatch, whitish chin and malar stripe contrasting with black throat and breast, white flecking on crown and nape, striking white belly, and very broad white tips to tail feathers. Eyes are dark in male and white in female. Juvenile has smaller red face patch. brown streaking on crown and nape, a ndextensive greyish-white streaking on throat, neck sides and breast. Fr equents the tree canopy. Typically threads its way through foliage, creepers and branch. Frequently a ssociates with mixed feed ing flocks of other species. Globally threatened. Dense, tall, broadleaved mainly evergreen forest.

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Red-faced Malkoha is bigger than Greater Scaup but smaller than Eurasian Magpie.

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Red-faced Malkoha

Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus

46–46 cm