Alternative names: Whistling Yellowbill; South African Yellowbill
- Ceuthmochares australis
Identification
- Grey belly, head and throat
- Heavy yellow bill
- Green tail, wings and back
Distribution
From Ethiopia to western Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and eastern South Africa.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Formerly considered conspecific with Blue Malkoha under the name Yellowbill.
Habitat
Dense forest to riverine forest and forest edges.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes caterpillars, beetles, grasshoppers and crickets, frogs, slugs. Also fruit, seeds and leaves.
Breeding
This cuckoo species does not parasitize other nests, both adults caring for their own young.
They build a rough nest of sticks suspended around 2-5 m above the ground. The clutch consists of 2 whitish-creamy eggs.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Green Malkoha. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green_Malkoha
