Phaenicophaeus curvirostris [curvirostris] (Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Chestnut-breasted))

Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Chestnut-breasted)

Phaenicophaeus curvirostris [curvirostris] (= Phaenicophaeus curvirostris curvirostris) (Shaw, G 1810)

The chestnut-breasted malkoha is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. Found in Southeast Asia from Myanmar through to eastern Java, the Philippines and Borneo, it is a large cuckoo measuring up to 49 cm (19 in) with grey and dark green upperparts and chestnut underparts, and a large curved pale upper mandible. The male and female are similar in plumage. Unlike many cuckoos, it builds its nest and raises its own young. Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Order:
  Cuculiformes
Family:
  Cuculidae
Genus:
   Phaenicophaeus
Scientific:
  Phaenicophaeus curvirostris curvirostris

Original description

Citation:
(Shaw, G 1810)

Reference:
Nat. Miscellany 21, no.8 pl.905,text

Protonym:
Cuculus curvirostris

Type locality:
'Probably a native of India' = western Java.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/125743#page/175/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
529F2C76AB39CE35

Avibase ID:
avibase-529F2C76

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/529F2C76

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 705435

English:
Chestnut-breasted Malkoha [curvirostris]
German:
Schimmerkuckuck [curvirostris-Gruppe]
Spanish:
Malcoha Pechicastaño (grupo curvirostris)
Spanish (Spain):
Malcoha pechicastaño (grupo curvirostris)
French:
Malcoha rouverdin [curvirostris]
Indonesian:
Kadalan birah (Birah)
Japanese (romaji):
chamunebankenmodoki (curvirostris guru-pu)
Japanese:
チャムネバンケンモドキ（curvirostris グループ）
Norwegian:
kastanjemalkoha (curvirostris gr.)
Polish:
kukuła sundajska [gr. curvirostris]
Portuguese (Portugal):
malcoa-de-peito-castanho [grupo curvirostris]
Russian:
Каштановогрудая малкоа [группа curvirostris]
Slovak:
malkoha hnedoprsá (skup.)
Serbian:
Svetla smeđogruda malkoa
Swedish:
rödbröstad malkoha [gruppen curvirostris]
Thai:
นกบั้งรอกเขียวอกแดง (ธรรมดา)
Turkish:
Kızıl malkoha [curvirostris grubu]
Ukrainian:
Малкога яванська [група curvirostris]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha [curvirostris] ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris [curvirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha [curvirostris] ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris [curvirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha [curvirostris] ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris [curvirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha [curvirostris] ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris [curvirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha [nominate] ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris [curvirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha [nominate] ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris [curvirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha [nominate] ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris [curvirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha [nominate] ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris [curvirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha [nominate] ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris [curvirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha [nominate] ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris [curvirostris])
Avilist 2025: Chestnut-breasted Malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris)
Clements, version 2024: Chestnut-breasted Malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025: Chestnut-breasted Malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) [version 1]
eBird version 2017: Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Chestnut-breasted) ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris [curvirostris Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Chestnut-breasted) ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris [curvirostris Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Chestnut-breasted) ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris [curvirostris Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Chestnut-breasted) ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris [curvirostris Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Chestnut-breasted) ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris [curvirostris Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Chestnut-breasted) ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris [curvirostris Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2024: Chestnut-breasted Malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) [version 1]
eBird version 2025: Chestnut-breasted Malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Chestnut-breasted Malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Chestnut-breasted Malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Phaenicophaeus curvirostris

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Other synonyms

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Afrikaans: Roesborsmalkoha
Bulgarian: Червенолика храстова кукувица
Catalan: Malcoa pitbrú
Czech: kukačka indonéská
Danish: Brunbrystet Malkoha
German: Schimmerkuckuck, Schimmerkuckuck [curvirostris-Gruppe]
English: Chestnut-breasted Malkoha, Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Chestnut-breasted), Chestnut-breasted Malkoha [curvirostris], Chestnut-breasted Malkoha [nominate]
[ENAV]: Chestnut-breasted Malkoha
English, HBW: Chestnut-breasted Malkoha
English (IOC): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha, Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Chestnut-breasted)
English (United States): Chestnut-breasted Malkoha, Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Chestnut-breasted)
Esperanto: kaŝtanbrusta kukolo
Spanish: Malcoha de Pecho Castaño, Malcoha pechicastaño, Malcoha Pechicastaño (grupo curvirostris)
Spanish (Spain): Malcoha pechicastaño, Malcoha pechicastaño (grupo curvirostris)
Estonian: helk-malkohakägu
Finnish: kastanjamalkoha
French: Malcoha rouverdin, Malcoha rouverdin [curvirostris], Malcoha rouverdin [nominal]
French (Guyane): Malcoha rouverdin (groupe curvirostris)
Croatian: riđoprsi kukal
Indonesian: Burung Kadalan Birah, Kadalan birah (Birah)
Italian: Malcoa pettocastano
Japanese (romaji): cha-mune ban-ken modoki, chamunebankenmodoki (curvirostris guru-pu)
Japanese: チャムネバンケンモドキ, チャムネバンケンモドキ (curvirostris グループ), チャムネバンケンモドキ（curvirostris グループ）
Japanese (Kanji): 茶胸番鵑擬き
Scientific: Cuculus curvirostris, Phaenicophaeus curvirostris, Phaenicophaeus curvirostris [curvirostris Group], Phaenicophaeus curvirostris [curvirostris], Phaenicophaeus curvirostris curvirostris, Ramphococcyx curvirostris, Zanclostomus curvirostris
Lithuanian: rudakrūtė krūmyninė gegutė
Malay: Burung Cenuk Birah
Dutch: Roestbuikmalkoha
Norwegian: kastanjemalkoha, kastanjemalkoha (curvirostris gr.)
Polish: kukuła sundajska, kukuła sundajska [gr. curvirostris]
Pinyin: lì-xiōng dì-juān
Portuguese: malcoa-de-peito-castanho
Portuguese (Portugal): malcoa-de-peito-castanho, malcoa-de-peito-castanho [grupo curvirostris]
Russian: Каштановогрудая малкоа, Каштановогрудая малкоа [группа curvirostris]
Slovak: malkoha hnedoprsá, malkoha hnedoprsá (skup.)
Serbian: Smeđogruda malkoa, Svetla smeđogruda malkoa
Swedish: rödbröstad malkoha, rödbröstad malkoha [gruppen curvirostris]
Thai: นกบั้งรอกเขียวอกแดง, นกบั้งรอกเขียวอกแดง (ธรรมดา)
Thai (Transliteration): nók bâŋ-rôaak kʰĭaw òk-daeeŋ
Turkish: Kızıl Malkoha, Kızıl malkoha [curvirostris grubu]
Ukrainian: малкога яванська, Малкога яванська [група curvirostris]
Chinese: 栗胸地鹃
Chinese (Traditional): 栗胸地鵑