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Sirkeer malkoha

Taccocua leschenaultii R. Lesson, 1830

LCLeast Concernbirds

The sirkeer malkoha (Taccocua leschenaultii) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh 140 g to 214.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Sirkeer malkoha (Taccocua leschenaultii)
Photo: Jaiprakashsingh · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the sirkeer malkoha

Weight
140 g – 214.8 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
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the sirkeer malkoha live?

Not recorded

What is the sirkeer malkoha?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The sirkeer malkoha or sirkeer cuckoo (Taccocua leschenaultii), is a non-parasitic cuckoo found in dry scrub forest and open woodland habitats in the Indian subcontinent. The species is long-tailed, largely olive brown on the upper side with a distinctive curved red beak tipped in yellow. They forage singly or in pairs mainly on or close to the ground creeping between grasses and bushes, often on rocky habitats where they feed on small lizards, insects, and sometimes berries and seeds. They are very silent and the sexes are identical in plumage.

From the Wikipedia article “Sirkeer malkoha” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sirkeer_malkoha&oldid=1379926246), 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 sirkeer malkoha endangered?

The sirkeer 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 sirkeer malkoha classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCuculiformes
  5. familyCuculidae
  6. genusTaccocua
  7. SpeciesTaccocua leschenaultii R. Lesson, 1830

Synonyms Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • Sirkeer cuckooEnglish
  • ملاكوهة سيركيرArabic
  • malcoa bec de corallCatalan
  • kukačka indickáCzech
  • cog SirkeerWelsh
  • Sirkir MalkohaDanish
  • SirkarkuckuckGerman
  • SirkihkuckuckGerman
  • hindia kukoloEsperanto
  • Malcoha sirkirSpanish
  • leet-malkohakäguEstonian
  • viirukäkiFinnish
  • Malcoha sirkirFrench
  • crvenokljuni kukalCroatian
  • Malcoa sirkirItalian
  • Cuculo di SirkeerItalian
  • Malcoa di SirkeerItalian
  • タテフバンケンモドキJapanese
  • indinė krūmyninė gegutėLithuanian
  • ചോരച്ചുണ്ടൻMalayalam
  • Indische MalkohaDutch
  • kukuła płowaPolish
  • malcoa-sirkirPortuguese
  • malcoa-insípidaPortuguese
  • Индийская малкоаRussian
  • Индийская кустарниковая кукушкаRussian
  • malkoha pieskováSlovak
  • Sirkir malkoaSerbian
  • சிறுகீற்றுப் பூங்குயில்Tamil
  • Sirkir MalkohasıTurkish
  • Sirkeer malkohasıTurkish
  • малкога індійськаUkrainian
  • 短嘴地鵑Chinese
  • 短嘴地鹃Chinese

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Relatives of the sirkeer malkoha

Other species in the same family Cuculidae.

LC, Least Concern
Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)

Asian koel

Eudynamys scolopaceus

Cuculidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the sirkeer malkoha?

An adult sirkeer malkoha weighs 140 g – 214.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the sirkeer malkoha endangered?

The sirkeer 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 sirkeer malkoha?

The sirkeer malkoha (Taccocua leschenaultii) 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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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Sirkeer malkoha (Taccocua leschenaultii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sirkeer-malkoha

MLA

“Sirkeer malkoha (Taccocua leschenaultii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/sirkeer-malkoha.

BibTeX
@misc{sirkeer_malkoha_2026,
  title = {Sirkeer malkoha (Taccocua leschenaultii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sirkeer-malkoha},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}