Ceuthmochares
Green malkoha (Ceuthmochares australis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Ceuthmochares
Cabanis & Heine, 1863
Type species
Cuculus aereus[1]
Vieillot, 1817

Ceuthmochares is a genus of 2 species of cuckoos in the family Cuculidae. The two species were once treated as a single species, known as the yellowbill. Both species are found in evergreen forest in Africa. Although they are cuckoos they are not brood parasites. This indicates that they do not lay their eggs in the nests of other bird species.

Species

Genus Ceuthmochares – Cabanis & Heine, 1863 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Blue malkoha

Ceuthmochares aereus
(Vieillot, 1817)

Two subspecies
 African tropical rainforest Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Green malkoha

Ceuthmochares australis
Sharpe, 1873 		littoral areas of eastern Africa, from Kenya to South Africa Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 



References

  1. ^ "Cuculidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.


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