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The blue-faced malkoha (Phaenicophaeus viridirostris) belongs to the family Cuculidae under the order Cuculiformes.
Blue-faced malkoha taxonomy
The family Cuculidae was introduced by William Elford Leach, MD, FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836), an English zoologist and marine biologist, in a guide to the contents of the British Museum published in 1820.The type species of the family Cuculidae (Cuculus canorus) was first described by Linnaeus, 1758.
The family Cuculidae includes about 26 genera, classified under six subfamilies, viz., Crotophaginae, Centropodinae, Neomorphinae, Coccyzinae, Phaenicophaeinae and Cuculinae.
The subfamily Phaenicophaeinae includes five genera, viz., Phaenicophaeus, Ceuthmochares, Rhinortha, Carpococcyx and Coua.
The genus Phaenicophaeus has eleven species classified under it. Earlier, Phaenicophaeus viridirostris was grouped with Phaenicophaeus diardi, Phaenicophaeus sumatranus and Phaenicophaeus tristis and placed under a separate genus Rhopodytes.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Phaenicophaeus viridirostris |
| Species: | P. viridirostris |
| Genus: | Phaenicophaeus |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Blue-faced malkoha - Phaenicophaeus viridirostris Image by J.M.Garg |
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| 2.Blue-faced malkoha - Phaenicophaeus viridirostris Image by Binesh Amarasekara |
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| 3.Blue-faced malkoha - Phaenicophaeus viridirostris Image by N. A. Naseer |
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| 4.Blue-faced malkoha - Phaenicophaeus viridirostris Image by Mohan Raj |
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| 5.Blue-faced malkoha - Phaenicophaeus viridirostris Image by Peter Steward |
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| 6.Blue-faced malkoha - Phaenicophaeus viridirostris Image by Arun Prabhu |
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| 7.Blue-faced malkoha - Phaenicophaeus viridirostris by Lip Kee |
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| 8.Blue-faced malkoha - Phaenicophaeus viridirostris by Peter Steward |
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| 9.Blue-faced malkoha - Phaenicophaeus viridirostris by Shivramsagar |
1.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue-faced_Malkoha_(Phaenicophaeus_viridirostris)_W2_IMG_1522.jpg (cropped)
Author: J.M.Garg | License: CC BY 3.0
2.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/b-nez/14393459626/
Author: Binesh Amarasekara | License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 as on 8/14/17
3.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: N. A. Naseer | License: CC BY-SA 2.5 IN
4.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org (cropped)
Author: Mohan Raj | License: CC BY-SA 3.0
5.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pete_steward/12197215166/ (cropped)
Author: Peter Steward | License: CC BY-NC 2.0 as on 8/15/17
6.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29801206@N07/4567440356/in/photostream/
Author: Arun Prabhu | License: CC BY-ND 2.0 as on 8/15/17
7.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lipkee/5457247750/ (cropped)
Author: Lip Kee | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 8/15/17
8.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pete_steward/12196999244/ (cropped)
Author: Peter Steward | License: CC BY-NC 2.0 as on 8/15/17
9.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Shivramsagar | License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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