Scale-feathered malkoha
Dasylophus cumingi (Fraser, 1839)
Status not recordedbirds
The scale-feathered malkoha (Dasylophus cumingi) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh 162.5 g to 175 g.
Quick facts about the scale-feathered malkoha
- Weight
- 162.5 g – 175 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
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the scale-feathered malkoha live?
Not recorded
What is the scale-feathered malkoha?
The scale-feathered malkoha (Dasylophus cumingi) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.
It is a spectacular looking bird with its white hood, red eyes and yellowish bill with a line of scaled feathers down from the bill and up over the crown, contrasted with rufous neck and back and a black lower body and tail. It is endemic to the Philippines found only in the islands of Luzon, Catanduanes and Marinduque. The species was named after the collector Hugh Cuming.
From the Wikipedia article “Scale-feathered malkoha” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scale-feathered_malkoha&oldid=1332525370), 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 scale-feathered malkoha endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the scale-feathered malkoha classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderCuculiformes
- familyCuculidae
- genusDasylophus
- SpeciesDasylophus cumingi (Fraser, 1839)
Synonyms Cuculus decorus, Lepidogrammus cumingi, Phaenicophaeus cumingi, Phoenicophaus cumingi
Other names and names in other languages (31)
- ملاكوهة محرشف الريشArabic
- malcoa frisatCatalan
- kukačka šupinkováCzech
- Hvidkindet MalkohaDanish
- SchuppenhalskuckuckGerman
- skvama kukoloEsperanto
- Malcoha frisadoSpanish
- soomus-malkohakäguEstonian
- suomukäkiFinnish
- Malcoha friséFrench
- Dasylophe friséFrench
- luzonski kukalCroatian
- pikkelyesfarkú kakukkHungarian
- Malcoa squamataItalian
- ウロコバンケンモドキJapanese
- žvynuotoji krūmyninė gegutėLithuanian
- SchubhalsmalkohaDutch
- sølvhodemalkohaNorwegian
- kukuła białolicaPolish
- malcoa-frisadoPortuguese
- malcoa-escamadaPortuguese
- Белолицая малкоаRussian
- Чешуйчатошейная кустарниковая кукушкаRussian
- malkoha ozdobnáSlovak
- Belolika malkoaSerbian
- luzonmalkohaSwedish
- Kıvırcık MalkohaTurkish
- Pullu tüylü malkohaTurkish
- малкога лусонськаUkrainian
- 鱗羽地鵑Chinese
- 鳞纹地鹃Chinese
Relatives of the scale-feathered malkoha
Other species in the same genus Dasylophus.
Rough-crested malkoha
Dasylophus superciliosus
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the scale-feathered malkoha?
An adult scale-feathered malkoha weighs 162.5 g – 175 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the scale-feathered malkoha?
The scale-feathered malkoha (Dasylophus cumingi) 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.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
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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