Rough-crested malkoha
Dasylophus superciliosus (Dumont, 1823)
The rough-crested malkoha (Dasylophus superciliosus) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh 122.2 g to 123 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the rough-crested malkoha
- Weight
- 123 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
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the rough-crested malkoha live?
Not recorded
What is the rough-crested malkoha?
The rough-crested malkoha (Dasylophus superciliosus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is endemic to Luzon Island in the Philippines. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forest. It is declining due to habitat loss and hunting.
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Is the rough-crested malkoha endangered?
The rough-crested malkoha is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- 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 rough-crested malkoha classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderCuculiformes
- familyCuculidae
- genusDasylophus
- SpeciesDasylophus superciliosus (Dumont, 1823)
Synonyms Phaenicophaeus superciliosus, Phaenicophaus superciliosus
Other names and names in other languages (32)
- Red-crested malkohaEnglish
- Red-crested malkohaEnglish
- ملاكوهة أحمر التاجArabic
- malcoa de cresta rojaCatalan
- kukačka rudochocholatáCzech
- Rødkronet MalkohaDanish
- RotbrauenkuckuckGerman
- ruĝkresta kukoloEsperanto
- Malcoha crestirrojoSpanish
- tutt-malkohakäguEstonian
- luutakäkiFinnish
- Malcoha à sourcils rougesFrench
- Dasylophe à sourcils rougesFrench
- kudravi kukalCroatian
- Malcoa crestarossaItalian
- カンムリバンケンモドキJapanese
- kuoduotoji krūmyninė gegutėLithuanian
- RoodbrauwmalkohaDutch
- parykkmalkohaNorwegian
- kukuła czerwonoczubaPolish
- malcoa-de-poupa-vermelhaPortuguese
- malcoa-de-crista-vermelhaPortuguese
- Краснохохлая малкоаRussian
- Красно-бурая кустарниковая кукушкаRussian
- malkoha červenochochlatáSlovak
- Crvenoćuba malkoaSerbian
- rödtofsad malkohaSwedish
- Tepeli MalkohaTurkish
- Kızıl taçlı malkohaTurkish
- малкога червоночубаUkrainian
- 紅冠地鵑Chinese
- 蓬冠地鹃Chinese
Relatives of the rough-crested malkoha
Other species in the same genus Dasylophus.
Scale-feathered malkoha
Dasylophus cumingi
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the rough-crested malkoha?
An adult rough-crested malkoha weighs 123 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the rough-crested malkoha endangered?
The rough-crested 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 rough-crested malkoha?
The rough-crested malkoha (Dasylophus superciliosus) belongs to the family Cuculidae in the order Cuculiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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