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Green-billed malkoha
Phaenicophaeus tristis · Family Cuculidae
Phaenicophaeus tristis
Family Cuculidae
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 62,617
- Countries and territories with records
- 14
About this species
This species has 62,617 occurrence records from 14 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Thailand (44.6%), India (22.7%), Cambodia (8.4%), Vietnam (7.1%) and Malaysia (5.4%); together they account for 88.3% of the total. In Thailand, this species accounts for 0.42% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Phaenicophaeus tristis combines the genus name Phaenicophaeus with the species epithet tristis. The Warbla app catalog lists 6 species of the genus Phaenicophaeus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Phaenicophaeus viridirostris, Phaenicophaeus curvirostris and Phaenicophaeus diardi.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 144 species of the family Cuculidae. This species ranks 32nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Cuculus canorus. Its record count is 69.3% of the family average (90,374). The family Cuculidae belongs to the order Cuculiformes, which has 146 species in the Warbla app catalog.