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Black-bellied malkoha

Phaenicophaeus diardi (R. Lesson, 1830)

NTNear Threatenedbirds

The black-bellied malkoha (Phaenicophaeus diardi) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh 62.1 g to 63.1 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

Black-bellied malkoha (Phaenicophaeus diardi)
Photo: Marc Athanase Parfait Œillet Des Murs (1804-1878) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the black-bellied malkoha

Weight
62.1 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the black-bellied malkoha live?

Not recorded

What is the black-bellied malkoha?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The black-bellied malkoha (Phaenicophaeus diardi) is a species of malkoha in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, including mango trees, and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

From the Wikipedia article “Black-bellied malkoha” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black-bellied_malkoha&oldid=1379929860), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the black-bellied malkoha endangered?

The black-bellied malkoha is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.

How is the black-bellied malkoha classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCuculiformes
  5. familyCuculidae
  6. genusPhaenicophaeus
  7. SpeciesPhaenicophaeus diardi (R. Lesson, 1830)

Synonyms Melias diardi, Rhopodytes diardi

Other names and names in other languages (37)
  • ملاكوهة سوداء البطنArabic
  • malcoa de ventre negreCatalan
  • kukačka DiardovaCzech
  • kukačka šedoprsáCzech
  • Sortbuget MalkohaDanish
  • DiardkuckuckGerman
  • malhelventra kukoloEsperanto
  • Malcoha ventrinegroSpanish
  • mustkõht-malkohakäguEstonian
  • mustavatsamalkohaFinnish
  • Malcoha de DiardFrench
  • crnotrbi kukalCroatian
  • feketehasú selymeskakukkHungarian
  • Kadalan beruangIndonesian
  • Malcoa pancianeraItalian
  • クロバンケンモドキJapanese
  • juodapilvė krūmyninė gegutėLithuanian
  • Burung Cenuk Perut HitamMalay
  • ZwartbuikmalkohaDutch
  • svartbukmalkohaNorwegian
  • kukuła czarnobrzuchaPolish
  • malcoa-lúgubrePortuguese
  • malcoa-de-barriga-pretaPortuguese
  • Чернобрюхая малкоаRussian
  • Чернобрюхая кустарниковая кукушкаRussian
  • malkoha čiernobrucháSlovak
  • Crnotrba malkoaSerbian
  • sotbukig malkohaSwedish
  • கருவயிற்றுப் பூங்குயில்Tamil
  • นกบั้งรอกเล็กท้องเทาThai
  • Diard Gri MalkohasıTurkish
  • Kara karınlı malkohaTurkish
  • малкога тайландськаUkrainian
  • малкога таїландськаUkrainian
  • 綠嘴地鵑Chinese
  • 小綠嘴地鵑〔黑腹地鵑〕Chinese
  • 黑腹地鹃Chinese

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Relatives of the black-bellied malkoha

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the black-bellied malkoha?

An adult black-bellied malkoha weighs 62.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the black-bellied malkoha endangered?

The black-bellied malkoha is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

What kind of animal is the black-bellied malkoha?

The black-bellied malkoha (Phaenicophaeus diardi) belongs to the family Cuculidae in the order Cuculiformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{black_bellied_malkoha_2026,
  title = {Black-bellied malkoha (Phaenicophaeus diardi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-bellied-malkoha},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}