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Chestnut-breasted malkoha

Phaenicophaeus curvirostris (Shaw, 1810)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The chestnut-breasted malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh 152.2 g to 154 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Chestnut-breasted malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris)
Photo: Evan Parker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the chestnut-breasted malkoha

Weight
154 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
2.4src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the chestnut-breasted malkoha

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Chestnut-breasted malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris)
Lip Kee Yap from Singapore, Republic of Singapore · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the chestnut-breasted malkoha live?

Not recorded

What is the chestnut-breasted malkoha?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The chestnut-breasted malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) 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.

From the Wikipedia article “Chestnut-breasted malkoha” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chestnut-breasted_malkoha&oldid=1380713467), 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 chestnut-breasted malkoha endangered?

The chestnut-breasted malkoha is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  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 Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the chestnut-breasted malkoha classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCuculiformes
  5. familyCuculidae
  6. genusPhaenicophaeus
  7. SpeciesPhaenicophaeus curvirostris (Shaw, 1810)

Synonyms Cuculus curvirostris, Zanclostomus curvirostris

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • Chestnut-breasted malcohaEnglish
  • ملاكوهة كستنائي الصدرArabic
  • malcoa pitbrúCatalan
  • kukačka indonéskáCzech
  • Brunbrystet MalkohaDanish
  • SchimmerkuckuckGerman
  • kaŝtanbrusta kukoloEsperanto
  • Malcoha pechicastañoSpanish
  • helk-malkohakäguEstonian
  • kastanjakäkiFinnish
  • kastanjamalkohaFinnish
  • Malcoha rouverdinFrench
  • riđoprsi kukalCroatian
  • Kadalan birahIndonesian
  • Malcoa pettocastanoItalian
  • Malcoha pettocastanoItalian
  • チャムネバンケンモドキJapanese
  • rudakrūtė krūmyninė gegutėLithuanian
  • Burung Cenuk BirahMalay
  • RoestbuikmalkohaDutch
  • kastanjemalkohaNorwegian
  • kukuła sundajskaPolish
  • malcoa-de-peito-castanhoPortuguese
  • Каштановогрудая малкоаRussian
  • Каштановогрудая кустарниковая кукушкаRussian
  • malkoha hnedoprsáSlovak
  • Smeđogruda malkoaSerbian
  • rödbröstad malkohaSwedish
  • கபில மார்புப் பூங்குயில்Tamil
  • นกบั้งรอกเขียวอกแดงThai
  • Kızıl MalkohaTurkish
  • Kestane göğüslü malkohaTurkish
  • малкога яванськаUkrainian
  • 栗胸地鵑Chinese
  • 栗胸地鹃Chinese

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Relatives of the chestnut-breasted malkoha

Other species in the same genus Phaenicophaeus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the chestnut-breasted malkoha?

An adult chestnut-breasted malkoha weighs 154 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the chestnut-breasted malkoha endangered?

The chestnut-breasted malkoha is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the chestnut-breasted malkoha?

The chestnut-breasted malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) belongs to the family Cuculidae in the order Cuculiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Chestnut-breasted malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/chestnut-breasted-malkoha

MLA

“Chestnut-breasted malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/chestnut-breasted-malkoha.

BibTeX
@misc{chestnut_breasted_malkoha_2026,
  title = {Chestnut-breasted malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chestnut-breasted-malkoha},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}