Ceuthmochares

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Ceuthmochares
Yellowbill.jpg
Green malkoha (Ceuthmochares australis)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Ceuthmochares
Cabanis & Heine, 1863

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.

Species[]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Ceuthmochares aereus by Francesco Veronesi.jpg Ceuthmochares aereus Blue malkoha African tropical rainforest
Yellowbill.jpg Ceuthmochares australis Green malkoha littoral areas of eastern Africa, from Kenya to South Africa


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