Animalia Life

Rhopodytes tristis
SUBFAMILY
Phaenicophaeinae
TAXONOMY
Melias tristis Lesson, 1830, Sumatra; error=Bengal. Six subspecies.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
English: Greater or large green-billed malkoha; French: Malcoha sombre; German: GroЯer grьnschnabelkuckuck; Spanish: Malcoha Sombrнo.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
19.7 in (50 cm), 4.0 oz (115 g). Body gray with glossy green above; long tail with broad white tips; bare red skin around eye; pale green bill.
DISTRIBUTION
Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Sumatra, India, Indochina, Kangean Is., South China.
HABITAT
Forests, bamboo, scrub, plantations.
BEHAVIOR
Resident.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Mainly insects, also lizards and frogs.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Nest is a flat platform of sticks. Eggs: 2–4. Monogamous.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not globally threatened; has adapted to a number of humanmodified habitats.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.

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